nice(1) General Commands Manual nice(1) NAME nice - Run `COMMAND` with an adjusted niceness, which affects process scheduling. With no `COMMAND`, print the current niceness. Niceness values range from at least -20 (most favorable to the process) to 19 (least favorable to the process). SYNOPSIS nice [-n|--adjustment] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [COMMAND] DESCRIPTION Run `COMMAND` with an adjusted niceness, which affects process scheduling. With no `COMMAND`, print the current niceness. Niceness values range from at least -20 (most favorable to the process) to 19 (least favorable to the process). OPTIONS -n, --adjustment add N to the niceness (default is 10) -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version [COMMAND] VERSION v0.0.26 nice 0.0.26 nice(1)