The vi Editor - Lesson 4

Press the Esc key to go to normal mode. · Place the cursor on the line you want to delete. · Type dd and hit Enter to remove the line. Deleting Multiple Lines · Delete a range of lines

First, you must move the cursor to the line you want to delete. This can be done by using the arrow keys on your keyboard or by typing the line ...

To delete multiple lines, enter the normal mode and move the cursor to the first line you want to remove. Use one of the following commands ( ...

I find this easier. Go VISUAL mode Shift + v; Select lines; d to delete.

Press V in normal mode to enter line-wise visual mode, then use the arrow keys to select lines and press d to delete them. Avoid Unintentional ...

To delete the line under the cursor, use dd . The delete command accepts all the normal positional modifiers, so if you are on the beginning of ...

To delete multiple lines, press Esc to leave the insert/editing mode, enter the number of lines you want to delete followed by 'dd' ie ndd.

Highlight the line you want to delete, then hit dd or D on the keyboard. The editor will automatically remove the whole line from the file. Vi ...

To delete a single line in vi, you can position the cursor on the line you want to delete and then in normal mode, press 'dd'.

The command to delete is d. So, you can move to the beginning of the line, press v, move to the end of the line, and press d. Altogether that ...