{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "FACTOR",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/FACTOR/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-11T05:32:01Z",
    "synopsis": "factor [NUMBER]...\nfactor OPTION",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "factor - factor numbers\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "factor [NUMBER]...\nfactor OPTION\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Print  the prime factors of each specified integer NUMBER.  If none are specified on the com‐\nmand line, read them from standard input.\n\n--help display this help and exit\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "--version",
                    "content": "output version information and exit\n",
                    "long": "--version"
                }
            ]
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Written by Paul Rubin, Torbjorn Granlund, and Niels Moller.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "REPORTING BUGS": {
            "content": "GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>\nReport any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYRIGHT": {
            "content": "Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3  or  later\n<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\nThis  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to\nthe extent permitted by law.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/factor>\nor available locally via: info '(coreutils) factor invocation'\n\n\n\nGNU coreutils 8.32                          January 2026                                   FACTOR(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "factor - factor numbers",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "output version information and exit"
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "official",
        "description": "Print the prime factorization of a number.",
        "examples": [
            {
                "description": "Display the prime-factorization of a number",
                "command": "factor {{number}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Take the input from `stdin` if no argument is specified",
                "command": "echo {{number}} | factor"
            }
        ]
    }
}