https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/renice/Recent content in Renice on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/changing_job_priority_under_linux/Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/changing_job_priority_under_linux/<p>If the job is already running use:<code>renice 19 -p 2478</code>This 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:<code>nice +19 amuleto execute amule with lowest possible priority) andnice -20 amule</code>to execute it with highest priority.</p>