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| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 79755 2001-07-15 08:06:20Z dd $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 95124 2002-04-20 12:18:28Z charnier $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd June 6, 1993 36.Dt NICE 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm nice 40.Nd execute a command at a low scheduling priority 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Fl Ns Ar number 44.Ar command 45.Op Ar arguments 46.Sh DESCRIPTION | 34.\" 35.Dd June 6, 1993 36.Dt NICE 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm nice 40.Nd execute a command at a low scheduling priority 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Fl Ns Ar number 44.Ar command 45.Op Ar arguments 46.Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 47.Nm Nice 48runs | 47The 48.Nm 49utility runs |
| 49.Ar command 50at a low priority. 51(Think of low and slow). 52If 53.Fl Ns Ar number 54is not given, 55.Nm 56assumes the value 10. 57The priority is a value in the range -20 to 20. 58The default priority is 0, priority 20 is the lowest possible. | 50.Ar command 51at a low priority. 52(Think of low and slow). 53If 54.Fl Ns Ar number 55is not given, 56.Nm 57assumes the value 10. 58The priority is a value in the range -20 to 20. 59The default priority is 0, priority 20 is the lowest possible. |
| 59.Nm Nice 60will execute | 60The 61.Nm 62utility will execute |
| 61.Ar command 62at priority 63.Ar number 64relative to the priority 65of 66.Nm . 67Higher priorities than the 68current process priority can only requested by the --- 41 unchanged lines hidden --- | 63.Ar command 64at priority 65.Ar number 66relative to the priority 67of 68.Nm . 69Higher priorities than the 70current process priority can only requested by the --- 41 unchanged lines hidden --- |