Linux chrt Command

What is Linux chrt Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use chrt command in Linux. chrt command is chrt - manipulate the real-time attributes of a process.

chrt Syntax#

chrt [options] priority command [argument...]
chrt [options] -p [priority] pid

chrt Examples#

chrt Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of chrt command. chrt command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for chrt command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man chrt

To open info page for chrt command we can use command below.

info chrt

To open help page from chrt command we can run command below.

chrt --help

Linux chrt Command Source Code#

You can find chrt command source code from the folowing repositories:

• chrt source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use chrt in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.