Command: kill

Syntax

kill { <elist> ... }

Description

Delete graphic entities.

Parameters

• <elist>
  A group/entity list defining which entities are to be deleted. If omitted, the entity currently pointed to by the this system epointer will be deleted.

Switches

• -ef=<filter>
  A filter to be applied to all entities within <elist>, further qualifying which entities are to be deleted. If omitted, the filter current_filter is used.

Notes

Sub-entities of compounds may be deleted in isolation from their parent entities, and will be replaced by entities with null graphics.

Killing the all group will delete all graphic identifiers, i.e. entities, compounds and gstructures. This also includes empty arrays.

Examples

Delete all entities in the all group, i.e. all entities.

kill all

Delete all entities in the "these" group.

kill these

Delete two named entities.

kill fred, my_face

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