Nice

AT(1) - General Commands Manual

Umask, Sh, Nice, Cron, Atq, Touch, Atrm, At

AT(1) - General Commands Manual # AT(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # at, batch - queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution SYNOPSIS # at [-bm] [-f file] [-l [job …]] [-q queue] -t time_arg | timespec at -c | -r job … batch [-m] [-f file] [-q queue] [timespec] DESCRIPTION # at and batch read commands from standard input or a specified file which are to be executed at a later time, via the user’s shell as specified by the SHELL environment variable. ...

NICE(1) - General Commands Manual

Getpriority, Renice, Csh, Nice

NICE(1) - General Commands Manual # NICE(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # nice - execute a utility with an altered scheduling priority SYNOPSIS # nice [-n increment] utility [argument …] DESCRIPTION # nice runs utility at an altered scheduling priority. If an increment is given, it is used; otherwise an increment of 10 is assumed. The superuser can run utilities with priorities higher than normal by using a negative increment. ...

RENICE(8) - System Manager's Manual

Setpriority, Nice, Getpriority, Renice

RENICE(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RENICE(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # renice - alter priority of running processes SYNOPSIS # renice [-n] increment [-gpu] id DESCRIPTION # renice alters the scheduling priority of one or more running processes with ID id. Processes may be selected by process ID, process group ID, and user name or ID. If none of the -gpu options are specified, the default is to select by process ID. ...