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DELETE

Deletes records from the top of the edit display. You can delete a single record or a number of records.

You can also delete only excluded or non-excluded lines, specifying ALL lines or a range using labels.

Syntax:

   DELETE

      [number] | [X|NX ALL | label1 label2]

Syntax Description:

number

Specifies the number of records to delete.

Default: 1

ALL

Specifies that all excluded or non-excluded records will be deleted.

label1

Specifies the first end point in a range of records to which the DELETE command is restricted. Use labels only with X or NX.

label2

Specifies the second end point in a range of records to which the DELETE command is restricted. Use labels only with X or NX.

X

Specifies that only excluded records will be deleted.

NX

Specifies that only non-excluded records will be deleted.

Alias: DEL