renice

Changes priority of running processes.

Last updated: 2025-09-09 Report error

Syntax

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

Examples

$renice 10 1234

Examples

$renice -n 5 -p 1234

Typical use cases

Standard usage

renice --help

Detailed Help

man renice

Note Requires root to increase priority

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