Deleting Lines

To delete a line or block of lines, use any of the following forms of the delete (D) command:

Use:	To:
%D(space)	Delete the indicated line.
%Dn(space)	Delete the specified number of lines. For example, %D5 deletes the command line and the four lines immediately following it.
%DB(space) . . . %DE(space)	Delete a block of lines. The two lines marked with %DB and %DE and all intervening lines are deleted. Note: You can enter %DB/%DE so that it spans more than one page of the work file.

Use:

To:

%D(space)

Delete the indicated line.

%Dn(space)

Delete the specified number of lines. For example, %D5 deletes the command line and the four lines immediately following it.

%DB(space) . . . %DE(space)

Delete a block of lines. The two lines marked with %DB and %DE and all intervening lines are deleted.

Note: You can enter %DB/%DE so that it spans more than one page of the work file.