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+.\" $NetBSD: factor.6,v 1.12 2010/05/15 21:22:39 joerg Exp $
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.\" chongo <for a good prime call: 391581 * 2^216193 - 1> /\oo/\
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-.Dd April 22, 2010
+.Dd May 15, 2010
.Dt FACTOR 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility factors positive integers.
+utility factors integers larger than 1.
When a number is factored, it is printed, followed by a
.Dq \&: ,
and the list of
.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 +, although negative numbers
-are rejected.
+Numbers may be preceded by a single +.
+Integer less than 2 are rejected.
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
-.Dv LINE_MAX - 1
+.Dv LINE_MAX \- 1
(currently 2047) characters.
.Pp
By default,