Linux Command Cheat Sheet/Change running process priority

Adjust niceness of an existing process.

Section: Processes Jobs and Scheduling

Change running process priority

bash
bash
sudo renice -n 5 -p 12345
Explanation

Useful when a process should yield more CPU to others.

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