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Command: primes | Section: 6 | Source: MINIX | File: primes.6
PRIMES(6) FreeBSD Games Manual PRIMES(6)
NAME
primes - generate primes
SYNOPSIS
primes [-dh] [start [stop]]
DESCRIPTION
The primes utility prints primes in ascending order, one per line,
starting at or above start and continuing until, but not including stop.
The start value must be at least 0 and not greater than stop. The stop
value must not be greater than 3825123056546413050. The default value of
stop is 3825123056546413050.
When the primes utility is invoked with no arguments, start is read from
standard input and stop is taken to be 3825123056546413050. The start
value may be preceded by a single `+'. The start value is terminated by
a non-digit character (such as a newline). The input line must not be
longer than 255 characters.
When given the -d argument, primes prints the difference between the
current and the previous prime.
When given the -h argument, primes prints the prime numbers in
hexadecimal.
DIAGNOSTICS
Out of range or invalid input results in an appropriate error message to
standard error.
AUTHORS
Originally by Landon Curt Noll, extended to some 64-bit primes by Colin
Percival.
CAVEATS
This primes program won't get you a world record.
The program is not able to list primes between 3825123056546413050 and
18446744073709551615 (2^64 - 1) as it relies on strong pseudoprime tests
after sieving, and it is yet unknown how many of those tests are needed
to prove primality for integers larger than 3825123056546413050.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 February 3, 2008 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8