NICE(I) 2/8/75 NICE(I) NAME nice - run a command at low priority SYNOPSIS nice [ -number ] command [ arguments ] DESCRIPTION Nice executes command with low scheduling priority. If a numerical argument is given, that priority (in the range 1-20) is used; if not, priority 4 is used. The super-user may run commands with priority higher than normal by using a negative priority, e.g. `--10'. SEE ALSO nohup(I), nice(II) BUGS - 1 -