Reference: nice
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:54:00Z

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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## nice

    nice [option] command [arguments]

Execute a `command` and `arguments` with lower priority (i.e., be "nice" to other users).

### Option

-`n`

  Run `command` with a niceness of `n` (1-19); default is 10. Higher `n` means lower priority. A privileged user can raise priority by specifying a negative `n` (e.g., -5). nice works differently in the C shell (see Section 5). +`n` raises priority, -`n` lowers it, and 4 is the default.

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