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.\"    Manual: BRL-CAD User Commands
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.TH "KILL" "nged" "04/13/2022" "BRL\-CAD" "BRL\-CAD User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
kill \- Deletes specified \fIobjects\fR from the current database\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBkill\fR\ 'u
\fBkill\fR [\-f] {\fIobjects\fR}
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Deletes the specified
\fIobjects\fR
from the current database\&. This command affects only the
\fIobjects\fR
actually listed on the command line\&. If a combination is killed, its members are not affected\&. If the
\fI\-f\fRoption is specified, then kill will not complain if some, or all, of the
\fIobjects\fR
specified do not actually exist in the database\&. Note that the
\fIobjects\fR
are killed immediately\&. There is no need for a
\fBwrite file\fR
command in MGED, and there is no
\fBundo\fR
command\&.
\fBUse this command with caution\&.\fR
Other commands that remove objects from the database are
\fBkillall\fR
and
\fBkilltree\fR\&.
.PP
The
\fB\-q\fR
option may be added to suppress database object lookup messages reporting failure, which will otherwise let the user know an invalid object was specified\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
The example shows the use of the
\fBkill\fR
command to delete specified objects from the database\&.
.PP
\fBExample\ \&1.\ \&Delete objects from the database.\fR
.PP
mged> \fBkill group1 region2 shapeb\fR
.RS 4
Deletes
\fIgroup1, region2\fR, and
\fIshapeb\fR
from the database\&.
.RE
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
BRL\-CAD Team
.SH "BUG REPORTS"
.PP
Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to
devs@brlcad\&.org
