.TH NICE 1 
.SH NAME
nice, nohup \- run commands at low priority or immune to hangup
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nice
[
.BI \- number
]
command [ arguments ]
.PP
.B nohup
command [ arguments ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I nice
executes
.I command
with low scheduling priority.
If the
.I number
argument is present, the priority is incremented (higher
numbers mean lower priorities) by that amount up to a limit of 20.
The default
.I number
is 10.
.PP
The super-user may run commands with
priority higher than normal
by using a negative priority,
e.g. `\-\-10'.
.PP
.I nohup
executes
.I command
immune to hangup and terminate signals from the controlling terminal.
The priority is incremented by 5.
.PP
Any output not explicitly redirected is appended to
the file `nohup.out' in the current directory.
.SH FILES
nohup.out standard output and standard error file under
.I nohup
.SH "SEE ALSO"
nice(2)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.I nice
returns the exit status of the subject command.
.SH BUGS
Quoted
.I arguments
don't work right in all cases.
The difficulty may be avoided by quoting the
.I command,
with arguments in inner quotes.