Execute normal command over range

Question

For a file looking like this:

   2  AD,42.546245,1.601554,Andorra,376
   3  AE,23.424076,53.847818,United Arab Emirates,971
   4  AF,33.93911,67.709953,Afghanistan,93
   5  AG,17.060816,-61.796428,Antigua and Barbuda,1

I am trying to remove the leading spaces and numbers for the first 10 lines, so I'd end up with

AD,42.546245,1.601554,Andorra,376
AE,23.424076,53.847818,United Arab Emirates,971
AF,33.93911,67.709953,Afghanistan,93
AG,17.060816,-61.796428,Antigua and Barbuda,1

Why does "remove two words" :d2w work for a single line, but not for a range :1,10d2w?

NOTE:

The problem itself is solved due to the fixed format, using :1,10s/.\{8\}//, so this is more about understanding how to use ranges with :dNw

Answer 1

You can do this with the normal command :

:1,10normal d2w

This is because the d operator doesn't accept a range, but only a motion :

:h d

["x]d{motion}           Delete text that {motion} moves over [into register x].

Alternatively you can select your text in visual mode and you can do :

:'<,'>normal d2w