Specifying Numeric Arguments - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - DEBUGGING WITH GDB Manual

Chapter 29. Command Line Editing
backward-kill-word (M-[DEL])
Kill the word behind point. Word boundaries are the same as
unix-word-rubout (C-w)
Kill the word behind point, using white space as a word boundary. The killed text is saved on the
kill-ring.
delete-horizontal-space ()
Delete all spaces and tabs around point. By default, this is unbound.
kill-region ()
Kill the text in the current region. By default, this command is unbound.
copy-region-as-kill ()
Copy the text in the region to the kill buffer, so it can be yanked right away. By default, this
command is unbound.
copy-backward-word ()
Copy the word before point to the kill buffer. The word boundaries are the same as
backward-word
copy-forward-word ()
Copy the word following point to the kill buffer. The word boundaries are the same as
forward-word
yank (C-y)
Yank the top of the kill ring into the buffer at point.
yank-pop (M-y)
Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top. You can only do this if the prior command is
.
yank-pop

29.4.5. Specifying Numeric Arguments

digit-argument (M-0, M-1, ... M-)
Add this digit to the argument already accumulating, or start a new argument. M- starts a negative
argument.
universal-argument ()
This is another way to specify an argument. If this command is followed by one or more dig-
its, optionally with a leading minus sign, those digits define the argument. If the command is
followed by digits, executing
otherwise ignored. As a special case, if this command is immediately followed by a character that
is neither a digit or minus sign, the argument count for the next command is multiplied by four.
The argument count is initially one, so executing this function the first time makes the argument
count four, a second time makes the argument count sixteen, and so on. By default, this is not
bound to a key.
. By default, this command is unbound.
. By default, this command is unbound.
universal-argument
backward-word
again ends the numeric argument, but is
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or
yank