| .Dd 2015-10-08 |
| .Dt RENICE 1 |
| .Os sbase |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm renice |
| .Nd change niceness of processes |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm |
| .Fl n Ar num |
| .Op Fl g | Fl p | Fl u |
| .Ar id ... |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| .Nm |
| changes the niceness of each process with the given |
| .Ar id . |
| Only the superuser can lower the niceness. |
| .Sh OPTIONS |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds |
| .It Fl g | Fl p | Fl u |
| Interpret each |
| .Ar id |
| as a process group ID | process ID | user name or ID. |
| The middle option is default. |
| .It Fl n Ar num |
| Change niceness by |
| .Ar num , |
| with niceness ranging from |
| .Sy -20 |
| (highest priority) |
| to |
| .Sy +20 |
| (lowest priority). |
| .El |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr nice 2 , |
| .Xr renice 2 |
| .Sh STANDARDS |
| The |
| .Nm |
| utility is compliant with the |
| .St -p1003.1-2013 |
| specification. |