[Gllug] del/backspace in 'write'

tet at accucard.com tet at accucard.com
Mon Sep 17 18:36:35 UTC 2001


>It says kbs=^H which is what I get with od -c and hit backspace. stty -a
>says erase = ^? So I guess I have to change it with stty? The man page
>lists millions of bizarre options, yet I couldn't find anything on
>changing a char?

Yep. Just do:

	stty erase ^h

And everything should work fine for you. Note that the ^ is typed
literally (i.e., shift-6 on most keyboard layouts).

Tet

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