HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 46)

The DELETE Command: Deleting Lines
Revising Text in Your File
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Lines 2 through 5 are removed from the file. You can review the remaining
lines in the file by listing them:
*LIST ALL
1 Jack be nimble
1.1 Jack be quick
1.2 Jack jump over the candlestick.
6 And Jill came tumbling after.
*
You can delete several separate lines by listing them after the DELETE
command. Separate them with a single space:
*DELETE 1 1.1 1.2
1 Jack be nimble
1.1 Jack be quick
1.2 Jack jump over the candlestick.
*
You can delete all the lines in a file by using the ALL range parameter with
the DELETE command. For example:
*DELETE ALL
6 And Jill came tumbling after.
*