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renice

Change priority of running process

Syntax

renice [-n] PRIORITY [-p] PID... [-u] USER...

Common Options

-nSpecify new nice value
-pModify by PID
-uModify by user
-gModify by process group

Common Examples

renice -n 5 -p 1234

Change priority of PID 1234

renice -n 10 -u username

Change all user processes priority

renice -n -5 -p 1234 5678

Change multiple process priorities

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