In Vim, how can I delete all text from the current cursor position until the next space?

Question

In Vim, I know 'd$', that deletes everything to the end of line.

But how can I delete all text from the current cursor position until the next space? dw doesn't work, since it treats symbols like colon as separator as well.

Answer 1

dW (capital W) or more generally you can do df followed by the character to search for, in this case space. You can also use t instead of f to delete up to but not including the found character. And if you capitalize the F or T, they work backwards.

Answer 2

You can also delete until a search string, thus d/<Space> will delete until, but not including, the first space from the cursor position.