Name
d
Synopsis
[address1[,address2]]d
Delete the addressed line (or lines) from the pattern space. Thus, the line is not passed to standard output. A new line of input is read, and editing resumes with the first command in the script.
Example
Delete all blank lines (those whose first character is a line ending):
/^$/d
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