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.\" Landon Curt Noll.
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.\" @(#)factor.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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.\"
.\"
.\" By: Landon Curt Noll chongo@toad.com, ...!{sun,tolsoft}!hoptoad!chongo
.\"
.\" chongo <for a good prime call: 391581 * 2^216193 - 1> /\oo/\
.\"
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.Dd April 22, 2010
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.Dt FACTOR 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm factor
.Nd factor a number
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar number ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility factors positive integers.
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When a number is factored, it is printed, followed by a
.Dq \&: ,
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and the list of
.Pq prime
factors on a single line.
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Factors are listed in ascending order, and are preceded by a space.
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
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.
Leading white-space and empty lines are ignored.
Numbers may be preceded by a single \- or +, although negative numbers
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are rejected.
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Numbers are terminated by a non-digit character (such as a newline).
After a number is read, it is factored.
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Input lines must not be longer than
.Dv LINE_MAX \- 1
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(currently 2047) characters.
.Pp
By default,
.Nm
is compiled against the OpenSSL bignum implementation
.Xr openssl_bn 3 ,
which lets it handle arbitrarily large values.
.Pq Note however that very large values can take a very long time to factor.
If
.Nm
is compiled without OpenSSL it is limited to the maximum value of
.Vt unsigned long .
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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Out of range or invalid input results in
an appropriate error message
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being written to standard error.
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.\".Sh BUGS
.\".Nm
.\"cannot handle the
.\".Dq 10 most wanted
.\"factor list.