NAME
    nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority

SYNOPSIS
    nice [OPTION] [COMMAND [ARG]...]

DESCRIPTION
    Run COMMAND with an adjusted scheduling priority. With no COMMAND,
    print the current scheduling priority. ADJUST is 10 by default.  Range
    goes from -20 (highest priority) to 19 (lowest).

    -n, --adjustment=ADJUST
    increment priority by ADJUST first

    --help display this help and exit

    --version
    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
    Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
    Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
    NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
    The full documentation for nice is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
    the info and nice programs are properly installed at your site, the
    command

    info nice

    should give you access to the complete manual.