NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       nice [OPTION] [COMMAND [ARG]...]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       Run  COMMAND  with  an  adjusted scheduling priority.  With no COMMAND,
       print the current scheduling priority.  ADJUST is 10 by default.  Range
       goes from -20 (highest priority) to 19 (lowest).

       -ADJUST
	      increment priority by ADJUST first

       -n, --adjustment=ADJUST
	      same as -ADJUST

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  full documentation for nice is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and nice programs are properly installed  at  your  site,  the
       command

	      info nice

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU sh-utils 2.0.11		   July 2001			       NICE(1)