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From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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Subject: Re: The nice utility: man pages bug?
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On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:19, Rob wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is 4.9-STABLE on Intel PC.
>
> The nice man-pages say:
>
> ---------------------------
> EXAMPLES
>       $ nice -n 5 date
>
>       Execute utility `date' at priority 5 assuming the
>       priority of the shell is 0.
> ---------------------------
>
>
> But when I do:
>
> $ nice -n 5 date
> nice: Badly formed number.
> $
>
>
> Something is wrong here, isn't it?
>

I don't think so; try:
beta:205> /usr/bin/nice -n 5 date
Fri Dec 26 23:17:40 CST 2003
=20
The man page does warn that same shells provide a builtin
which may be similar or identical.
(But may also be different in syntax; my added comment)

Malcolm Kay