Delete multiple lines in Linux style Vi Editor

We often have situations were we need to modify a file using vi on Unix style file system and delete multiple lines. Here are some details and examples on how to do it.

Syntax:
xdd

dd is the command to delete a complete row. x in the number of lines to be deleted.

Examples:
delete 2 lines
2dd
delete 10 lines
10dd

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