HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 119)

DELETE Command
EDIT Command Summary
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DELETE Command The DELETE command removes a range of text lines from the current EDIT
file.
What to Enter DELETE [ QUIET ] { range-specifier }
[ ! ]
QUIET
tells the EDIT program not to list lines as they are deleted.
!
tells the EDIT program not to prompt you for permission to delete more
than 10 lines. If you omit the !, for each block of more than 10 lines, the
EDIT program prompts you for permission to delete the lines.
range-specifier
indicates combinations of line-range and string-range parameters. Turn
to “Range-Specifier Parameter” in Section 5 for a full explanation of this
range.