Deleting Text

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  • Essential Linux
    • The vi Editor
      • Deleting Text

vi offers various ways to delete text in a file. You can delete text from the cursor back to the first line of text, and from the cursor to the last line of text.

x

Delete character at cursor

X

Delete character after cursor

nx

delete n characters, starting at cursor

dw

deletes one word

ndw

delete from cursor to beginning of n th word

dd

Deletes current line

ndd

Delete next n lines, including the current line

d$

Deletes from cursor to the end of the current line

d^

Deletes from cursor to the beginning of current line

d1G

All lines to beginning of file, including current line

dG

All lines are deleted to the end of the file, including current line.

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