Changing job priority under Linux

Last modified on July 24, 2026 • 1 min read • 60 words If the job is already running use:renice 19 -p 2478This gives the job 2478 (as identified with ps -aux) the lowest possible priority. renice -20 would give it highest priority. If the job is not yet running you can execute it with nice command:nice +19 amuleto execute amule with lowest possible priority) andnice -20 amuleto execute it with highest priority.