factor - Man Page
factor numbers
Examples (TL;DR)
- Display the prime-factorization of a number:
factor number
- Take the input from
stdin
if no argument is specified:echo number | factor
Synopsis
factor [OPTION] [NUMBER]...
Description
Print the prime factors of each specified integer NUMBER. If none are specified on the command line, read them from standard input.
- -h, --exponents
print repeated factors in form p^e unless e is 1
- --help
display this help and exit
- --version
output version information and exit
Author
Written by Paul Rubin, Torbjorn Granlund, and Niels Moller.
Reporting Bugs
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Copyright
Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
See Also
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/factor>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) factor invocation'