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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4511- July 18, 2025
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 : Today's Tip Unix Tip #4511- July 18, 2025
 
 
RENICE CPU HOGS 
have you ever wanted to
 automatically force a
 process that uses up
 most of the CPU.
 
 renice 20 `ps -augxww | sort -rn +3 -4  | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'`
 
 Note: Check your 'ps'
 command. Your arguments
 may differ.
 
 
 
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