Edit User's Guide and Reference Manual

DELETE Command

EDIT Command Summary

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DELETE Command The DELETE command removes a range of text lines from the current EDIT

file.

What to Enter DELETE [ QUIET ] { range-specifier }

[ ! ]

QUIET

tells the EDIT program not to list lines as they are deleted.

tells the EDIT program not to prompt you for permission to delete more

than 10 lines. If you omit the !, for each block of more than 10 lines, the

EDIT program prompts you for permission to delete the lines.

range-specifier

indicates combinations of line-range and string-range parameters. Turn

to “Range-Specifier Parameter” in Section 5 for a full explanation of this

range.