NAME
primes
- generate primes
SYNOPSIS
primes
[-d]
[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 4294967295.
The default value of
stop
is 4294967295.
When the
primes
utility is invoked with no arguments,
start
is read from standard input.
stop
is taken to be 4294967295.
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.
DIAGNOSTICS
Out of range or invalid input results in
an appropriate error message
being written to standard error.
BUGS
primes
won't get you a world record.