Deleting text

Text is deleted by combining the delete commands x and d with the type of text object to be deleted.

Numbers can also used with both the x and d commands to delete multiple instances of a text object. For example:

   5dw

This deletes the current word and the following four words.

• Deleting characters
• Deleting words and lines
• Deleting sentences and paragraphs
• Undeleting text

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