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Don't mention hard limits for factor(6) since it now has bignum support. Obtained from: NetBSD (mdoc only -- their man page is still mostly wrong)
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3.9 KiB
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131 lines
3.9 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" @(#)factor.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.\" By: Landon Curt Noll chongo@toad.com, ...!{sun,tolsoft}!hoptoad!chongo
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.\" chongo <for a good prime call: 391581 * 2^216193 - 1> /\oo/\
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.\"
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.Dd Oct 10, 2002
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.Dt FACTOR 6
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm factor ,
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.Nm primes
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.Nd factor a number, generate primes
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl h
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.Op Ar number ...
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.br
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.Nm primes
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.Op Fl h
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.Op Ar start Op Ar stop
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility will factor positive integers.
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When a number is factored, it is printed, followed by a
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.Dq \&: ,
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and the list of factors on a single line.
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Factors are listed in ascending order, and are preceded by a space.
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If a factor divides a value more than once, it will be printed more than once.
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.Pp
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When
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.Nm
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is invoked with one or more arguments, each argument will be factored.
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.Pp
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When
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.Nm
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is invoked with no arguments,
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.Nm
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reads numbers, one per line, from standard input, until end of file or error.
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Leading white-space and empty lines are ignored.
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Numbers may be preceded by a single +.
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Numbers are terminated by a non-digit character (such as a newline).
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After a number is read, it is factored.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm primes
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utility prints primes in ascending order, one per line, starting at or above
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.Ar start
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and continuing until, but not including
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.Ar stop .
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The
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.Ar start
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value must be at least 0 and not greater than
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.Ar stop .
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The
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.Ar stop
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value must not be greater than the maximum.
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The default and maximum value of
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.Ar stop
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is 4294967295 on 32-bit architectures
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and 18446744073709551615 on 64-bit ones.
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.Pp
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When the
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.Nm primes
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utility is invoked with no arguments,
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.Ar start
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is read from standard input and
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.Ar stop
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is taken to be the maximum.
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The
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.Ar start
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value may be preceded by a single +.
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The
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.Ar start
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value is terminated by a non-digit character (such as a newline).
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -item
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.It
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negative numbers aren't permitted
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.It
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illegal numeric format
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.It
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start value must be less than stop value
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.It
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Result too large
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.El
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.Sh BUGS
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.Nm
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cannot handle the
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.Dq 10 most wanted
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factor list,
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.Nm primes
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won't get you a world record.
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