nice
- execute a utility at an altered scheduling priority
SYNOPSIS
[-n increment
]
utility
[argument ...
]
DESCRIPTION
The
utility runs
utility
at an altered scheduling priority, by incrementing its
``nice''
value by the specified
increment
or a default value of 10.
The lower the nice value of a process, the higher its scheduling priority.
The superuser may specify a negative increment in order to run a utility
with a higher scheduling priority.
Some shells may provide a builtin
command which is similar or identical to this utility.
Consult the
builtin(1)
manual page.
ENVIRONMENT
The
PATH
environment variable is used to locate the requested
utility
if the name contains no
`/'
characters.
EXIT STATUS
If
utility
is invoked, the exit status of
is the exit status of
utility
An exit status of 126 indicates
utility
was found, but could not be executed.
An exit status of 127 indicates
utility
could not be found.
EXAMPLES
Execute utility
`date'
at priority 5 assuming the priority of the
shell is 0:
"nice -n 5 date"
Execute utility
`date'
at priority -19 assuming the priority of the
shell is 0 and you are the super-user:
"nice -n 16 nice -n -35 date"
COMPATIBILITY
The traditional
-increment
option has been deprecated but is still supported.
