bdelete.md

excommand bdelete

Vim Reference

:help :bdelete

Short Description

Unload buffer but keep as unlisted buffer.

Examples

Closing the current buffer

:bdelete
:bd
:.bd
:bd %

Closing buffer by number

:bdelete 3
:bd 3
:bd3
:3bd

Closing buffer by name

:bdelete filename
:bd filename

Closing multiple buffers

:bd 2 7 8 13
:%bd
:2,5bd
:5,$bd
:1,.bd

Here % means all buffers, . is the current buffer and $ is the last buffer.

Tip

We can use the command that closes all buffers (:%bd) to emulate "close all buffers but the current" by bringing the current buffer back.

nnoremap <space>D :silent %bd<BAR>e#<CR>