PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

ERASE
TEDIT Commands
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3. To replace the next four words with blanks, enter:
Command: 4 ERASE WORD
How to Use
First place the cursor at the beginning or within the text item that you want
to replace with blanks. Then enter the ERASE command.
What Happens
ERASE substitutes blanks for all characters in a text item. The cursor
remains in its original position.
Tips
The erased text is not placed in the scratchpad for you to retrieve later.
But you can recover from an ERASE by entering an UNDO command.
As a text command, ERASE can persist on the status line.
By entering a repeat count with ERASE and the specified text items,
you can erase several characters, EOLs, lines, paragraphs, sections,
sentences, or words all at once. See “Repeat Count” in Section 2 for
details.
Because a file’s maximum width is 239 characters, some of the text in a
text item you are erasing may extend beyond the viewing area of the
terminal.
Related Commands
DELETE removes text without substituting blanks.
UNDO reverses the last erase that you made to the text.