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commit and those which cause ugly nroff output have been fixed, since the purpose of the style guideline which they contravene is to reduce the sizes of deltas. Reported by: bde
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.\" @(#)nice.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 6, 1993
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.Dt NICE 1
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nice
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.Nd execute a command at a low scheduling priority
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl Ns Ar number
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.Ar command
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.Op Ar arguments
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Nice
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runs
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.Ar command
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at a low priority.
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(Think of low and slow).
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If
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.Fl Ns Ar number
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is not given
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.Nm
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assumed the value 10.
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The priority is a value in the range -20 to 20.
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The default priority is 0, priority 20 is the lowest possible.
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.Nm Nice
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will execute
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.Ar command
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at priority
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.Ar number
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relative to the priority
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of
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.Nm nice .
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Higher priorities than the
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current process priority can only requested by the
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super-user.
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Negative numbers are expressed as
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.Fl - Ns Ar number .
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.Pp
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The returned exit status is the exit value from the
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command executed by
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.Nm nice .
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.Pp
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Some shells may provide a builtin
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.Nm
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command which is similar or identical to this utility.
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Consult the
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.Xr builtin 1
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manual page.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Pp
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$ nice -5 date
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.Pp
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Execute command
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.Sq date
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at priority 5 assuming the priority of the
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shell is 0.
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.Pp
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# nice -16 nice --35 date
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.Pp
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Execute command
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.Sq date
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at priority -19 assuming the priority of the
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shell is 0 and you are the super-user.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr builtin 1 ,
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr idprio 1 ,
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.Xr rtprio 1 ,
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.Xr getpriority 2 ,
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.Xr setpriority 2 ,
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.Xr renice 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.At v6 .
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