nice
nice is a Linux command in the Process Management category, rated intermediate difficulty. Runs a command with modified scheduling priority. Higher nice = lower priority. The syntax is nice [options] command [args]. Key options and parameters: command — program to run. It returns output of the command. A practical example: nice -n 10 ./slow-script.sh # Run with low priority nice -n -5 urgent-task.sh # Run with higher priority (needs root) nice -19 ./background.sh # Lowest priority A close relative is ps, which reports a snapshot of current processes. A close relative is top, which real-time interactive process viewer. Updates every few seconds. A close relative is kill, which sends a signal to a process. Default signal is SIGTERM (terminate). More about this category: Linux process management commands — ps, top, kill, killall, pgrep, and more. Manage running processes and system resources. Related Process Management commands: ps, top, kill, killall, pgrep, pkill, renice, nohup.