Hi, i have tried to start a command with nice. nice -n 19 gzip -9 serval_files_to_compress nice say's : wrong number nice --19 ...... also wrong number nice 19 ..... command not found thans for all and have a good time regard's Michael Schuh
The nice command is (usually) built-in to your shell, so check your shell's documentation for proper command syntax. The nice(1) man page documents the /usr/bin/nice program which is used for those shells (sh!) that don't have nice built-in. I suspect you are using csh or tcsh, in which case the syntax is nice [+number] [command]