Deleting Characters, Lines and Words

x nx	delete forward one or n chars starting at current cursor pos
X nX	delete backward one or n chars starting with the char immediately
	preceding the current cursor pos
D or d$	delete all chars from current cursor pos to EOL
d0 or d|	delete all preceding chars from first left col to char preceding
	current cursor pos
dd ndd	delete current or n lines beginning at current line
dG	delete all lines starting with current line to EOF
d1G	delete all lines starting with current line to BOF
dnG	delete all lines starting with current line to line n
	(forward or backward depending on pos of line n relative to
	current line)
d- nd-	delete current and preceding line or n lines
d+ nd+	delete current and following line or n lines
dw ndw	delete word forward; i.e. from cursor pos to end of
	current word or n words
db ndb	delete word backward; i.e. from nearest preceding beg of
	word or n words to char before current cursor pos

If one or more words beyond the end of current line are deleted, the following line is appended to current line during deletion.