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Name

factor — factor numbers

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

Report factor bugs to bug−coreutils@gnu.org

GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Report factor translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for factor is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and factor programs are properly installed at your site, the command

  • info coreutils 'factor invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.