http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/archive/doc/unix/unixhelp/Unixhelp/vi_eight.2.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)
Deleting words and lines
Deleting words and lines
Press the ESC key to enter command mode before using
these commands.
To delete Do this
current word dw
previous word db
entire line dd
to end of line d$
to start of line d0 (zero)
next n lines ndd