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>.