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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4083- April 16, 2012 - Home : Help : Today's Tip
Unix Tip #4083- April 16, 2012

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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