factor

factor numbers

TLDR

Display the prime-factorization of a number

$ factor [number]

Take the input from stdin if no argument is specified

$ echo [number] | factor

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

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AUTHOR

Written by Paul Rubin, Torbjorn Granlund, and Niels Moller.