Name

DEL

Synopsis

DEL [{b | * | LAST}[ {e | * | LAST}]]

The DEL command (not supported in iSQL*Plus) is an editing command that deletes one or more lines from the buffer. For example:

DEL *
DEL 2 3
DEL 2 LAST

Parameters

b

A line number representing either a line to delete or the beginning of a range of lines to delete.

e

A line number representing the end of a range of lines to delete.

*

Refers to the current line.

LAST

Refers to the last line in the buffer.

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