factor

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

tldr.sh

Synopsis

factor [NUMBER]...
factor OPTION

Description

Print the prime factors of each specified integer NUMBER.  If none are specified on the command line, read them from standard input.

--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 © 2019 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'

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