Name

delete

Synopsis

[address] d [register]

Delete the lines included in address. If register is specified, save or append the text to the named register. Register names are the lowercase letters a-z. Uppercase names append text to the corresponding register.

Examples

:/Part I/,/Part II/-1d   Delete to line above "Part II"

:/main/+d                Delete line below "main"
:.,$d x                  Delete from this line to last line into register x

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