NICE(E)                        FSF                        NICE(E)



NAME
       nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority

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

DESCRIPTION
       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
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.

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

SEE ALSO
       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(E)