<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
i have a script that indexes a large amount of data, if let to run it would consume 90% of the computers CPU resources.<br />
<br />
I want to run this command in the background ... it is a perl script<br />
<br />
Normally i execute at command line ./thescript.pl<br />
<br />
I want to execute the process at low priority so it will run in the background.<br />
<br />
<br />

</div>
</div>


i have a script that indexes a large amount of data, if let to run it would consume 90% of the computers CPU resources.

I want to run this command in the background ... it is a perl script

Normally i execute at command line ./thescript.pl

I want to execute the process at low priority so it will run in the background.




set priority at point of scrip execution at command prompt

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.