Lesson 10 · Making changes

Operators + motions

Verb + noun

Operators like d (delete), c (change) and y (yank) wait for a motion. dw deletes a word and c$ changes to the end of the line.

Counts fit in

d3w deletes three words. Doubling an operator acts on the whole line: dd, cc, yy.

Challenge 1 of 50/2

Delete a word

Remove really with dw.

1This is really a good sentence
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Target
This is a good sentence
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