17.4.1 DELETE Command Syntax

     DELETE [COMPare]
     
            [SEGID [EXCEPT] repeat(segid) del]
     
            [RESID [EXCEPT] [ALLSEG] repeat(resid) del ]
                            [segid ]
     
            [RESNAME [EXCEPT] [ALLSEG] repeat(resname) del ]
                              [segid ]
     
            [TAGS [EXCEPT] [ALLSEG] {ALLRES} repeat(tag) del ]
                           [segid ] {resid }
     
                                               { { LT }      }
                                               { { GT }      }
            [VALUE [ABS] [PROPERTY propst del] { { LE } real } deldel ]
                                               { { GE }      }
                                               { { EQ }      }
                                               { { NE }      }
     
            [IDENT cell-selection del]
     
     cell-selection ::= atom-selection

Syntactic ordering: The ordering of options in the sub commands cannot be changed except for the VALUE sub-command; there, the ordering is immaterial.

For the syntax of the `atom-selection', please see Atom Selection.