FACTOR(1) General Commands Manual FACTOR(1)
NAME
factor, primes - factor a number, generate large primes
SYNOPSIS
factor [ number ]
primes [ start [ finish ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Factor prints number and its prime factors, each repeated the proper number of times. The number must be positive and less than 2**56
(about 7.2e16)
If no number is given, factor reads a stream of numbers from the standard input and factors them. It exits on any input not a positive
integer. Maximum running time is proportional to sqrt(n).
Primes prints the prime numbers ranging from start to finish, where start and finish are positive numbers less than 2**56. If finish is
missing, primes prints without end; if start is missing, it reads the starting number from the standard input.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/factor.c
/sys/src/cmd/primes.c
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