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.\" @(#)factor.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
.\"
.\"
-.\" By: Landon Curt Noll chongo@toad.com, ...!{sun,tolsoft}!hoptoad!chongo
+.\" By Landon Curt Noll, http://www.isthe.com/chongo/index.html /\oo/\
.\"
-.\" chongo <for a good prime call: 391581 * 2^216193 - 1> /\oo/\
-.\"
-.Dd May 31, 1993
+.Dd October 12, 2020
.Dt FACTOR 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm factor ,
-.Nm primes
-.Nd factor a number, generate primes
+.Nm factor
+.Nd factor a number
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
+.Op Fl hx
.Op Ar number ...
-.br
-.Nm primes
-.Op Ar start Op Ar stop
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility will factor integers between \-2147483648 and 2147483647 inclusive.
+utility factors integers larger than
+.Dv 0 .
When a number is factored, it is printed, followed by a
.Dq \&: ,
-and the list of factors on a single line.
+and the list of
+.Pq prime
+factors on a single line.
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.
+By default, if a factor divides a value more than once, it will be
+printed more than once.
.Pp
When
.Nm
-is invoked with one or more arguments, each argument will be factored.
+is invoked with one or more
+.Ar number
+arguments, each argument will be factored.
.Pp
When
.Nm
-is invoked with no arguments,
+is invoked with no
+.Ar number
+arguments,
.Nm
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 +.
+Numbers may be preceded by a single +.
+Numbers that start with
+.Dv 0x
+are interpreted as hexadecimal.
+A
+.Dv 0
+input exits the program.
+Negative numbers are not allowed.
Numbers are terminated by a non-digit character (such as a newline).
After a number is read, it is factored.
-Input lines must not be longer than 255 characters.
+Input lines must not be longer than
+.Dv LINE_MAX \- 1
+(currently 2047) characters.
.Pp
-The
-.Nm primes
-utility prints primes in ascending order, one per line, starting at or above
-.Ar start
-and continuing until, but not including
-.Ar stop .
-The
-.Ar start
-value must be at least 0 and not greater than
-.Ar stop .
-The
-.Ar stop
-value must not be greater than 4294967295.
-The default value of
-.Ar stop
-is 4294967295.
+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 .
.Pp
-When the
-.Nm primes
-utility is invoked with no arguments,
-.Ar start
-is read from standard input.
-.Ar stop
-is taken to be 4294967295.
-The
-.Ar start
-value may be preceded by a single +.
-The
-.Ar start
-value is terminated by a non-digit character (such as a newline).
-The input line must not be longer than 255 characters.
+The following option is available:
+.Bl -tag -width flag
+.It Fl h
+If the
+.Fl h
+flag is specified, factors will be printed in "human-readable" format.
+If a factor x divides a value n (>1) times, it will appear as x^n.
+.It Fl x
+If the
+.Fl x
+flag is specified, factors will be printed in hexadecimal format.
+.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Out of range or invalid input results in
-.Sq ouch
-being written to standard error.
-.Sh BUGS
-.Nm
-cannot handle the
-.Dq 10 most wanted
-factor list,
-.Nm primes
-won't get you a world record.
+an appropriate error message to standard error.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+Originally by
+.An Landon Curt Noll .
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