= x command
.hide the line
.n for xx-xx[n][,b][.s] pattern is not supported
(1) x[n] pattern
.hide the following 3 lines
0000001|A
x3 |B
0000003|C
0000004|D
0000005|E
===>
0001000|A
-------|- 3 line excluded --------------------------
0005000|E
(2) xx-xx pattern
.hide the range of lines
0000001|A
xx |B
0000003|C
0000004|D
xx |E
0000006|F
===>
0001000|A
-------|- 4 line excluded ------------------------------------
0006000|F
(3) x[n][,b][,s] pattern
.repeat 3 times to hide 2 lines with intermediate 1 line left.
0000001|A
x3,2.1 |B
0000003|C
0000004|D
0000005|E
0000006|F
0000007|G
0000008|H
0000009|I
0000010|J
===>
0001000|A
-------|- 2 line excluded --------------------
0004000|D
-------|- 2 line excluded --------------------
0007000|G
-------|- 2 line excluded --------------------
0010000|J
(4)xx-xx[,b][,s] pattern
.repeat in the range to hide 3 lines with intermediate 2 lines left.
0000001|A
xx,3 |B
0000003|C
0000004|D
0000005|E
0000006|F
0000007|G
0000008|H
0000009|I
xx.2 |J
===>
0001000|A
-------|- 3 line excluded --------------------------
0005000|E
0006000|F
-------|- 3 line excluded --------------------------
0010000|J