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+.Dd February 24, 2011
+.Dt NICE 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm nice
+.Nd execute a utility at an altered scheduling priority
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl n Ar increment
+.Ar utility
+.Op Ar argument ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility runs
+.Ar utility
+at an altered scheduling priority, by incrementing its
+.Dq nice
+value by the specified
+.Ar increment ,
+or a default value of 10.
+The lower the nice value of a process, the higher its scheduling priority.
+.Pp
+The superuser may specify a negative increment in order to run a utility
+with a higher scheduling priority.
+.Pp
+Some shells may provide a builtin
+.Nm
+command which is similar or identical to this utility.
+Consult the
+.Xr builtin 1
+manual page.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+The
+.Ev PATH
+environment variable is used to locate the requested
+.Ar utility
+if the name contains no
+.Ql /
+characters.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+If
+.Ar utility
+is invoked, the exit status of
+.Nm
+is the exit status of
+.Ar utility .
+.Pp
+An exit status of 126 indicates
+.Ar utility
+was found, but could not be executed.
+An exit status of 127 indicates
+.Ar utility
+could not be found.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Execute utility
+.Sq date
+at priority 5 assuming the priority of the
+shell is 0:
+.Pp
+.Dl "nice -n 5 date"
+.Pp
+Execute utility
+.Sq date
+at priority -19 assuming the priority of the
+shell is 0 and you are the super-user:
+.Pp
+.Dl "nice -n 16 nice -n -35 date"
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+The traditional
+.Fl Ns Ar increment
+option has been deprecated but is still supported.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr builtin 1 ,
+.Xr csh 1 ,
+.Xr idprio 1 ,
+.Xr rtprio 1 ,
+.Xr getpriority 2 ,
+.Xr setpriority 2 ,
+.Xr renice 8
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm
+utility conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-2001 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm
+utility appeared in
+.At v4 .