coreutils

.TH NICE 1 2022-03-06 "OMKOV coreutils" "General Commands Manual"

.SH NAME

nice \(em invoke with an altered nice value

.SH SYNOPSYS

\fBnice\fR [-n \fIincrement\fR] [\fIcommand\fR [\fIargument\fR...]]

.SH DESCRIPTION

Invoke \fIcommand\fR with the specified nice \fIincrement\fR value. If no

\fIincrement\fR is given, it will default to 10. If no \fIcommand\fR is given,

the current nice value will be output.

.SH OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

.TP

.B -n \fIincrement\fR

Nice increment value.

.TP

.B --help

Display help message.

.TP

.B --version

Display version message.

.SH OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

.TP

.I command

A command to invoke with the altered nice value.

.TP

.I argument

An argument to pass to \fIcommand\fR.

.SH EXIT STATUS

Upon successful completion, the exit status of \fInice\fR shall be the exit

status of \fIcommand\fR. Otherwise, the following exit values will be returned:

.TP

1-125

An error occurred.

.TP

\ \ 126

\fIcommand\fR was found but could not be invoked.

.TP

\ \ 127

\fIcommand\fR was not found.

.SH STANDARDS

This utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.2-2017 (POSIX) specification.

.SH COPYRIGHT

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Copyright (C) 2020, Jakob Wakeling

MIT Licence (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

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