HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 45)

The DELETE Command: Deleting Lines
Revising Text in Your File
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The DELETE
Command: Deleting
Lines
You can use the DELETE command to:
Delete a single line
Delete consecutive lines
Delete several lines
Delete all lines
Suppose your file contains the following lines:
1 Jack be nimble
1.1 Jack be quick
1.2 Jack jump over the candlestick.
2 Jack and Jill
2.1 Went up a hill
3 To fetch a pail of water.
4 Jack fell down
5 And broke his crown
6 And Jill came tumbling after.
You can delete one line of text by typing:
*DELETE 3
3 To fetch a pail of water.
*
EDIT displays the line that it deletes. Then, if you list your file, you can see
that line 3 is gone.
You can delete several consecutive lines of text. For example, to delete the
text starting at line number 2 and ending with line number 5, type:
*DELETE 2/5
2 Jack and Jill
2.1 Went up a hill
4 Jack fell down
5 And broke his crown
*