HP 3000 Manuals

HP EDIT Reference Manual

Clear To Beginning Of Line 

Purpose 

Deletes text to the left of the cursor.

Default Syntax 

L

Description 

This command deletes all text to the left of the cursor and shifts the
remaining text to the beginning of the line.

Procedure 

To delete text to the left of the cursor: 

   1.  Move the cursor under the first character of the text you want to
       retain.

   2.  Press the L key.  HP EDIT deletes the text to the left of the
       cursor and moves the remaining text to the beginning of the line.

Example 

To delete everything preceding the word HERE: 

     Move the cursor here to delete preceding text.

   1.  Move the cursor to the position shown above.

   2.  Press the L key.  HP EDIT deletes the beginning portion of the
       line as shown:

     here to delete preceding text.

Related Commands 

Clear To End Of Line

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