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Example: “nice -n1 myProgram”

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NICE(1) User Commands NICE(1)

NAME
nice – run a program with modified scheduling priority

SYNOPSIS
nice [OPTION] [COMMAND [ARG]…]

DESCRIPTION
Run COMMAND with an adjusted niceness, which affects process schedul?
ing. With no COMMAND, print the current niceness. Nicenesses range
from -20 (most favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable).

-n, –adjustment=N
add integer N to the niceness (default 10)

–help display this help and exit

–version
output version information and exit

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of nice, which usually super?
sedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell’s docu?
mentation for details about the options it supports.