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 GNU coreutils online help: Report any translation bugs to COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . 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 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) factor invocation' GNU coreutils 9.5 March 2024 FACTOR(1)