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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man6/factor.6 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man6/factor.6 b/static/netbsd/man6/factor.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a5ee2d6f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man6/factor.6 @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: factor.6,v 1.18 2020/10/12 13:53:43 christos Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Landon Curt Noll. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)factor.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" +.\" +.\" By Landon Curt Noll, http://www.isthe.com/chongo/index.html /\oo/\ +.\" +.Dd October 12, 2020 +.Dt FACTOR 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm factor +.Nd factor a number +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl hx +.Op Ar number ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility factors integers larger than +.Dv 0 . +When a number is factored, it is printed, followed by a +.Dq \&: , +and the list of +.Pq prime +factors on a single line. +Factors are listed in ascending order, and are preceded by a space. +By default, if a factor divides a value more than once, it will be +printed more than once. +.Pp +When +.Nm +is invoked with one or more +.Ar number +arguments, each argument will be factored. +.Pp +When +.Nm +is invoked with no +.Ar number +arguments, +.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 +. +Numbers that start with +.Dv 0x +are interpreted as hexadecimal. +A +.Dv 0 +input exits the program. +Negative numbers are not allowed. +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 +(currently 2047) characters. +.Pp +By default, +.Nm +is compiled against the OpenSSL bignum implementation +.Xr openssl_bn 3 , +which lets it handle arbitrarily large values. +.Pq Note however that very large values can take a very long time to factor. +If +.Nm +is compiled without OpenSSL it is limited to the maximum value of +.Vt unsigned long . +.Pp +The following option is available: +.Bl -tag -width flag +.It Fl h +If the +.Fl h +flag is specified, factors will be printed in "human-readable" format. +If a factor x divides a value n (>1) times, it will appear as x^n. +.It Fl x +If the +.Fl x +flag is specified, factors will be printed in hexadecimal format. +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Out of range or invalid input results in +an appropriate error message to standard error. +.Sh AUTHORS +Originally by +.An Landon Curt Noll . |
