Delete lines backwards

Question

Is there a shortcut for 10k10dd? I want to delete the 10 lines prior to the cursor, without having to move the cursor backwards first.

Answer 1

Did you try something like d10k ?

Answer 2

In certain circumstances, those 10 lines are the beginning of a paragraph than you can delete with:

• d{

or the beginning of a ( C-like) function

• d[[

See :help object-motions for more details and ideas.

It is usually easier to use text objects than to count lines. ( Well on Vim latest versions, you can use set rnu to avoid manually counting backward or forward lines.)

Answer 3

You could select the lines that you want to delete in visual mode and then delete those.