May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
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Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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The renice command modifies the priority of a running task. Tasks that use a lot of resources, but are not time-critical, can be made nicer with this command. The top command is useful to find tasks that are utilizing the CPU the most.
The renice command is invoked with a new priority value and the program ID (PID):
$ renice 10 12345
12345: old priority 0, new priority 10