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nice(1)								       nice(1)

NAME
       nice - Runs a command at a different priority

SYNOPSIS
   Current syntax
       nice [-n priority] command [argument...]

   Obsolescent syntax
       nice [-priority] command [argument...]

					Note

       The  C shell  has  a  built-in version of the nice command.  If you are
       using the C shell, and want to guarantee that you are using the command
       described  here, you must specify the full path /usr/bin/nice.  See the
       csh(1) reference page for a description of the built-in command.

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry	 stan‐
       dards as follows:

       nice:  XCU5.0

       Refer  to  the  standards(5)  reference page for more information about
       industry standards and associated tags.

OPTIONS
       Specifies how the system scheduling priority of the executed utility is
       adjusted.   The	priority  argument  is	a positive or negative decimal
       integer.

	      Positive priority values	cause  a  lower	 or  unchanged	system
	      scheduling priority.

	      Negative	priority  values  might require appropriate privileges
	      and cause a higher  or  unchanged	 system	 scheduling  priority.
	      Specifies	 how  the  system  scheduling priority of the executed
	      utility is adjusted.  (Obsolescent)

OPERANDS
       The name of a utility that is to be invoked.  Any string to be supplied
       as an argument to the utility named by the command operand.

DESCRIPTION
       The  nice  command lets you run the specified command at a lower prior‐
       ity.  The value of priority can range from 1 to 19, with 19  being  the
       lowest priority.	 The default value of priority is 10.

       [Tru64  UNIX]  If you have superuser authority, you can run commands at
       a higher priority by specifying priority	 as  a	negative  number;  for
       example, -10.

NOTES
       The csh command contains a built-in subcommand named nice.  The command
       and subcommand do not necessarily work the same way.   For  information
       on the subcommand, see the csh command.

EXIT STATUS
       The  nice  command returns the following exit values: An error occurred
       in the nice utility.  The specified command was found but could not  be
       invoked.	 The specified command could not be found.

EXAMPLES
       To  run	a  low priority command in the background, enter: nice	cc  -c
       *.c  &

	      This runs the command cc -c *.c at low  priority	in  the	 back‐
	      ground. Your terminal is free so that you can run other commands
	      while cc is running. See the sh command for details about start‐
	      ing  background  processes  with an & (ampersand).  To specify a
	      very low priority, enter: nice -n 15  cc	-c  *.c	 &

	      This runs cc in the background at a priority that is even	 lower
	      than  the	 default priority set by nice.	To specify a very high
	      priority (ksh and sh only), enter: nice -n -10  wall  <<end Sys‐
	      tem shutdown in 2 minutes!  end

	      This  runs  wall	at  a higher priority than all user processes.
	      Doing this slows down everything else running on the system.  If
	      you  do  not have superuser authority when you run this command,
	      then the wall command runs at the normal priority.

	      The <<end and end arguments define a Here Document,  which  uses
	      the  text	 entered before the end line as standard input for the
	      command.	For more details, see the Inline  Input	 (Here)	 Docu‐
	      ments section on the sh(1) reference page.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The  following environment variables affect the execution of nice: Pro‐
       vides a default value for the internationalization variables  that  are
       unset  or  null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from
       the default locale is used.  If any of the  internationalization	 vari‐
       ables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the
       variables had been defined.  If set to a non-empty string value,	 over‐
       rides  the  values  of  all  the	 other internationalization variables.
       Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences of  bytes  of
       text  data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi‐
       byte characters in arguments).  Determines the locale  for  the	format
       and  contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.	Deter‐
       mines the location of message catalogues for the processing of  LC_MES‐
       SAGES.  Determines the search path used to locate the command invoked.

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  csh(1), nohup(1), renice(8)

       Functions:  nice(3), setpriority(2)

       Standards:  standards(5)

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