114 lines
3.4 KiB
Groff
114 lines
3.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: primes.6,v 1.5 2014/10/04 13:15:50 wiz Exp $
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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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, http://www.isthe.com/chongo/index.html /\oo/\
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.\"
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.Dd February 3, 2008
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.Dt PRIMES 6
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm primes
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.Nd generate primes
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm primes
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.Op Fl dh
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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 prints primes in ascending order, one per line, starting
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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 3825123056546413050.
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The default value of
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.Ar stop
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is 3825123056546413050.
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.Pp
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When the
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.Nm
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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 3825123056546413050.
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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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.Sq \&+ .
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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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The input line must not be longer than 255 characters.
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.Pp
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When given the
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.Fl d
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argument,
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.Nm
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prints the difference between the current and the previous prime.
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.Pp
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When given the
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.Fl h
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argument,
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.Nm
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prints the prime numbers in hexadecimal.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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Out of range or invalid input results in
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an appropriate error message to standard error.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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Originally by
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.An Landon Curt Noll ,
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extended to some 64-bit primes by
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.An Colin Percival .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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This
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.Nm
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program won't get you a world record.
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.Pp
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The program is not able to list primes between
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3825123056546413050 and 18446744073709551615 (2^64
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- 1) as it relies on strong pseudoprime tests after
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sieving, and it is yet unknown how many of those
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tests are needed to prove primality for integers
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larger than 3825123056546413050.
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