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The factor command prints the prime factors of specified integer NUMBER.
When I tried it
factor 12345678912345678912
even for such big numbers, it results within milliseconds.
Which algorithm is it using?
Gnu coreutils manual informs that Pollard’s rho algorithm is being used.
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/factor-invocation.html