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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 03:15:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mhv.net>
To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
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Subject: Re: nice question
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On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> Tried that.  Here's what I get:
> {~} mortis:{369} %nice 20 top
> 20: Command not found.

Hmm.. wow... I guess the syntax is actually different. Did you try
nice -n 20 top
?

To quote the Linux man page, 

nice  [-n  adjustment] [-adjustment] [--adjustment=adjust-
       ment] [--help] [--version] [command [arg...]]

Michael Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam