delete

[address ] d [buffer ]

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

Examples

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

:/main/+d               Delete line below "main"

:.,$d                   Delete from this line to last line