FACTOR(1) User Commands FACTOR(1) 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: bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2025 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' GNU coreutils 9.8 September 2025 FACTOR(1)
factor \- factor numbers