Deleting Text

After opening a VI session, often you'll want to delete "things" from your file:

• CTRL+h or Backspace - Delete previous character


• CTRL+w - Delete previous word


• CTRL+x - Delete to start of inserted text


• nx - Delete n characters beginning with current; omitting n deletes current character


• nX - Delete previous n characters; omitting n deletes previous characters


• ndw - Delete next n words beginning with current; omitting n deletes current word


• ndb - Delete previous n words; omitting n deletes previous word


• ndd - Delete n lines beginning with current; omitting n deletes current line


• :n, md - Delete lines n through m


• D or d$ - Delete from cursor to end of current line


• dcursor_cmd - Delete text to cursor_cmd (e.g. dG deletes from current line to end of file)

Placed here for easy reference.