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2.1 Numeric Arguments ===================== Most Vi commands accept a “numeric argument” which can be supplied as a prefix to the commands. A numeric argument is also called a “count”. In many cases, if a count is given, the command is executed that many times. For instance, ‘5 d d’ deletes 5 lines while simple ‘d d’ deletes a line. In this manual the metavariable N will denote a count.