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DELETE   [n|ALL]
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Related commands: DELETEL and the prefix command DELETE.

The command DELETE deletes the record of the current line and the n-1 following records if n is specified.

The specification of ALL deletes all records of the workfile.

After the deletion, the last record previous to the deleted records is positioned into the current line.


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