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I have a file that looks like this:

Bunch of text      trailing...
Bunch of text      trailing... 
Bunch of text      trailing...
Bunch of text      trailing...
Bunch of text      trailing...

I can use C to remove the trailing... text, but that puts me into insert mode; Is there a way to delete to the end of the line without leaving normal mode?

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    What do you mean by kill? Is d$ what you're looking for? – grodzik Jan 26 '17 at 22:25
  • Seems like an easy find in the man page – user9674 Jan 27 '17 at 3:37
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    Actually, I would suggest to go through vimtutor ;) – grodzik Jan 27 '17 at 13:43
  • @grodzik soz, it's a term from the heretical Emacs: it's the same thing as clearing to EOL. – Alexej Magura Jan 27 '17 at 17:03
  • @grodzik @DoritoStyle I was using vim on my phone; I don't know if the app supports vimtutor; I'm pretty sure it doesn't offer man pages, though. – Alexej Magura Jan 27 '17 at 17:05
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Yes. You want to use the "delete" operator instead of the "Change" operator. The delete operator is 

d<motion>

and it deletes everything that <motion> moves over.

In this case, the motion you want is $ which moves to the end of the current line. Of course, you may also use D which is simply a shortcut for d$

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