Manual: nice

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NAME
       nice  -	Run  COMMAND  with an adjusted niceness, which affects process scheduling.  With no COMMAND,
       print the current niceness.  Niceness values range from -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 -20 (most favorable to the process) to 19 (least favor‐
       able to the process).

OPTIONS
       -n, --adjustment
	      add N to the niceness (default is 10)

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       [COMMAND]

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

						 2026-04-16					     NICE(1)