DL|DELETEL   num1 [num2]
DL

Related commands: DELETE and prefix command DELETE.

The command DELETEL (its abbreviation is only DL) deletes only one line if you specify only one parameter. If you specify both parameters, the records from the number num1 to the number num2 (including) are deleted.

The numbers of the record(s) may be specified without leading zeros.

Symbolic record numbers resp. line numbers are allowed as well. That may be:

*  for the current line,
p  (= previous) for the line before the current line,
n  (= next) for the line after the current line,
f  (= first) for the first line of the workfile,
l  (= last) for the last line of the workfile,
t  (= top) for the top line of the workfile,
b  (= bottom) for the last line of the workfile,
s  (= set) for the line marked with the command SET.

dl f l

Deletes all records in the workfile and therefore is identical with DELETE ALL.

After the erasure, the last record before the deleted records is set into the current line.