a lost vi command

[Vu Pham]

On 08/18/2010 11:58 AM, Andrew Gould wrote:
> Doesn't "D" delete to the end of the line?

Andrew, I just want delete part of the line :)
Bill reminds me that it is the df command.

Vu

>
>> On Aug 18, 2010 11:25 AM, "Vu Pham" <vu at sivell.com
>> <mailto:vu at sivell.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I thought a friend of mine told me how to do this in VI but now I
>> cannot remember how to do it.
>>
>> I have the below sentence:
>>
>> this is an example blah1 blah2 blah3.
>>
>> The cursor is currently at the letter 'e' of the word example. I want
>> to delete the text "example blah1 blah2". IIRC, I was told to use 2
>> with some command ( or some command with 2 ) but I cannot remember
>> what it is.
>>
>> Could you please remind me ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Vu
>> ( already gooled, still googling but thought your help is faster that
>> what I am doing ).
>>
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