tldr/pages/common/ionice.md
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# ionice
> Get or set program I/O scheduling class and priority.
> Scheduling classes: 1 (realtime), 2 (best-effort), 3 (idle).
> Priority levels: 0 (the highest) - 7 (the lowest).
- Set I/O scheduling class of a running process:
`ionice -c {{scheduling_class}} -p {{pid}}`
- Run a command with custom I/O scheduling class and priority:
`ionice -c {{scheduling_class}} -n {{priority}} {{command}}`
- Print the I/O scheduling class and priority of a running process:
`ionice -p {{pid}}`