delete

[address] d [buffer]

Delete the lines included in address. If buffer is specified, save or append the text to the named buffer. Buffer names are the lowercase letters a-z. Uppercase names append text to the buffer.

Examples

:/Part I/,/Part II/-1d  Delete to line above "Part II"
:/main/+d               Delete line below "main"
:.,$d                   Delete from this line to last line