renice

Changes priority of running processes.

Ubuntu CentOS Debian Arch SUSE Slackware Alpine Fedora

Verified: 2025-09-09

Syntax

$renice [OPTIONS] PRIORITY [[-p] PID...]

Examples

$renice 10 1234

$renice -n 5 -p 1234

Typical use cases

Standard usage

renice --help

Note Requires root to increase priority

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