PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

DELETE
TEDIT Commands
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How to Use
First place the cursor at the beginning or within the text item that you want
to delete. Then enter the DELETE command and one of the text items (for
example, SENTENCE).
What Happens
DELETE removes characters in a text item (from the cursor position to the
end of that text item). It then moves the remaining text to the left or
upward in the file. When deleting a line, TEDIT removes the line number
associated with that line.
Tips
TEDIT does not place deleted text into the scratchpad for you to use
later. But you can recover from a DELETE command by giving an
UNDO command.
By entering a repeat count with DELETE and one of the specified text
items, you can delete several characters, lines, paragraphs, sections,
sentences, or words all at once. See “Repeat Count” in Section 2 for
details about the repeat count.
The status line displays the change in the range of line numbers that
you are viewing.
Because a file’s maximum width is 239 characters, some of the text in a
text item you are deleting may extend beyond the viewing area of the
terminal.
As a text command, DELETE can persist on the status line.
Related Commands
UNDO reverses the last change that you made to the text.
ERASE replaces a text item with blanks.
DEL CHAR performs the same function as DELETE CHARACTER, but
does not persist on the status line.