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primes(1)		     General Commands Manual		       primes(1)

NAME
     primes - generate prime numbers

SYNTAX
     primes [ low [ high ] ]

DESCRIPTION
     primes prints the sequence of prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and so on, one
     per line.

     If low is supplied, primes does not print any primes smaller than low.

     If high is supplied, primes does not print any primes larger than high.  If
     high  is  not  supplied,  primes  stops  at  1000000000;  the last prime is
     999999937.

     primes can handle high as large as 1000000000000000.

SEE ALSO
     primegen(3)

								       primes(1)

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