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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 com‐
       mand 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
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COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2023 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 9.4                           January 2026                                   FACTOR(1)