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+<h4 class="subsection">32.2.4 Readline Arguments</h4>
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+<p>You can pass numeric arguments to Readline commands. Sometimes the
+argument acts as a repeat count, other times it is the <i>sign</i> of the
+argument that is significant. If you pass a negative argument to a
+command which normally acts in a forward direction, that command will
+act in a backward direction. For example, to kill text back to the
+start of the line, you might type &lsquo;<samp>M-- C-k</samp>&rsquo;.
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+<p>The general way to pass numeric arguments to a command is to type meta
+digits before the command. If the first &lsquo;digit&rsquo; typed is a minus
+sign (&lsquo;<samp>-</samp>&rsquo;), then the sign of the argument will be negative. Once
+you have typed one meta digit to get the argument started, you can type
+the remainder of the digits, and then the command. For example, to give
+the <kbd>C-d</kbd> command an argument of 10, you could type &lsquo;<samp>M-1 0 C-d</samp>&rsquo;,
+which will delete the next ten characters on the input line.
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