tldr/pages/common/factor.md

# factor

> Print the prime factorization of a number.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/factor-invocation.html>.

- Display the prime-factorization of a number:

`factor {{number}}`

- Take the input from `stdin` if no argument is specified:

`echo {{number}} | factor`
factor: add page (#2414) 2018-10-09 03:40:56 +05:30			`# factor`

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			`- Display the prime-factorization of a number:`

			`factor {{number}}`

*: always backquote `stdin`, `stdout` and `stderr` (#9584) 2022-12-04 08:53:34 +01:00			- Take the input from `stdin` if no argument is specified:
factor: add page (#2414) 2018-10-09 03:40:56 +05:30
			`echo {{number}} \| factor`