NAME

       primesieve - an efficient program (and C/C++ library) for generating slices of prime numbers

SYNOPSIS

       primesieve [START] STOP [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       Generate  the  primes  and/or  prime k-tuplets in the interval [START, STOP] (< 2^64) using the segmented
       sieve of Eratosthenes.

OPTIONS

       -c[N+], --count[=N+]
              Count primes and prime k-tuplets, 1 <= N <= 6 N: 1 = primes, 2 = twins, 3 = triplets, ...

       -d<N>,  --dist=<N>
              Sieve the interval [START, START + N]

       -h,     --help
              Print this help menu

       -n,     --nthprime
              Calculate the nth prime, e.g. 1 100 -n finds the 1st prime > 100

       -p[N],  --print[=N]
              Print primes or prime k-tuplets, 1 <= N <= 6 N: 1 = primes, 2 = twins, 3 = triplets, ...

       -q,     --quiet
              Quiet mode, prints less output

       -s<N>,  --size=<N>
              Set the sieve size in kilobytes, 1 <= N <= 2048

       --test Run various sieving tests and exit

       -t<N>,  --threads=<N>
              Set the number of threads, 1 <= N <= CPU cores

       --time Print the time elapsed in seconds

       -v,     --version
              Print version and license information

EXAMPLES

              Print the primes below 1000000 $ primesieve 1e6 --print

              Count the twin primes inside [10^9, 10^9 + 2^32] $ primesieve 1e9 --dist=2**32 -c2

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2015 Kim Walisch BSD 2-Clause License <http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause>

primesieve (Debian 5.6.0+ds-1)                    December 2015                                    PRIMESIEVE(1)