Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

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