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How do I delete the next line in vim?

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 20267601 views
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Problem

In emacs, whenever I want to delete a few lines of text, I just use C-k until all the text is gone. However, in vim it seems a bit more complex. I know I can do to delete until the end of the line and to delete the entire line I'm on, but how do I delete all of the next line?

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Fix for: How do I delete the next line in vim?

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Assumption: You want to end up at the line you started on. My answer: j (moves down) dd (deletes current line) k (moves up) Try it – it's quick! In fact, it's two keystrokes less than the currently accepted answer because: you don't need to hold to …

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