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NAME
       nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority

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

DESCRIPTION
       Run  COMMAND  with an adjusted nice value, which affects
       the scheduling priority.  With  no  COMMAND,  print  the
       current  nice  value.   Nice values range from -20 (most
       favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable).

       -n, --adjustment=N
              add integer N to the nice value (default 10)

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for nice is maintained as a  Tex-
       info 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.



nice 5.3.0               November 2004                  NICE(1)
