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In this example, -19 would be a low priority and --19 would be a high priority.
In this example, -19 would be a low priority and --19 would be a high priority.


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'''Renice''' allows you to...

Revision as of 12:39, 2 May 2015

When using someone else's machine, it's polite to use the command nice and renice.

Nice changes the priority of a task. When using another machine, you want to set your task to a lower priority as to not interfere with the user's tasks. Priority ranges from -20 (highest) to 20 (lowest).

nice [options] [command]

Example:

nice -19 ~/run.py

In this example, -19 would be a low priority and --19 would be a high priority.

Renice allows you to...