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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