NAME

     nice - invoke command with higher or lower scheduling prior-
     ity


SYNOPSIS

     nice [-n increment] utility [argument...]


DESCRIPTION

     The nice utility runs  utility  at  a  different  scheduling
     priority  than the default. The nicer the process is to oth-
     ers (the higher the  increment),  the  less  favourable  the
     scheduling  is.  Super-users  can give a negative increment,
     meaning scheduling is more favourable than the default.


OPTIONS

     -n increment
          the increment value sets how nice the  invoked  command
          will  be.  0 is the same priority as regular processes.
          10 is the default.  The range is -20 to 20.


SEE ALSO

     getpriority(2), setpriority(2)


AUTHOR

     This nice utility was imported  from  FreeBSD.  This  manual
     page was written Ben Gras <beng@few.vu.nl>.