NAME
factor - factor numbers
SYNOPSIS
factor [OPTION] [NUMBER]...
DESCRIPTION
Print the prime factors of each specified integer NUMBER. If none are specified on the command line, read them from standard input.
- -h, --exponents
-
print repeated factors in form p^e unless e is 1
- --help
-
display this help and exit
- --version
-
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin, Torbjorn Granlund, and Niels Moller.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: <[email protected]>.
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GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/factor>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) factor invocation'