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nice1
Execute a utility with an altered scheduling priority
Usage
nice [-n
increment]
utility
[argument ...]
Overview
nice runs utility at an altered scheduling priority. If an increment is given, it is used; otherwise an increment of 10 is assumed. The superuser can run utilities with priorities higher than normal by using a negative increment. The priority can be adjusted over a range of -20 (the highest) to 20 (the lowest).
The options are as follows:
-
-n increment -
A positive or negative decimal integer used to modify the system scheduling priority of utility.
Exit status
The nice utility exits with one of the following values:
-
-
126 -
The utility was found but could not be invoked.
-
127 -
The utility could not be found.
Otherwise, the exit status of nice shall be that of utility.
Releases
61 releases since OpenBSD 2.1; the text changed 10 times.