DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/common/nice.md

nice

Execute a program with a custom scheduling priority (niceness). Niceness values range from -20 (the highest priority) to 19 (the lowest). Note: Some modern schedulers ignore niceness or limit its effects inside autogroups. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/nice-invocation.html.

• Print the current niceness value:

nice

• Increment the current niceness value by 10:

nice nice

• Launch a program with lowered priority:

nice -{{niceness_value}} {{command}}

• Launch a program with heightened priority:

sudo nice --{{niceness_value}} {{command}}

• Define the priority with an explicit option:

nice {{[-n|--adjustment]}} {{niceness_value}} {{command}}