Sometimes your finger gets tired of using the "x" key in vi, which only removes one character at a time. To wipe out a huge chunk of text, a long string, or multiple paragraphs, you can use this command:
1. First, here's an example line:
print "The quick, brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
2. Assume you want to delete everything between the quotes ("). Position the cursor on the "T" after the first set of quotes.
3. Type: d/" [enter] - this should delete everything until the next ".
4. You can delete huge chunks of content by adding a unique string at the bottom of the content you want to delete. With the "d" command in vi, you can search for full words, case sensitive, etc.
