Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 22:06:51 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Cc: Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: console backspace ^H Message-ID: <19990506220650.E255@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9905070858140.5713-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>; from Jonathan Chen on Fri, May 07, 1999 at 09:00:04AM %2B1200 References: <37313921.D0BD89D8@uk.radan.com> <Pine.SC5.4.10.9905070858140.5713-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
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On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 09:00:04AM +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Thu, 6 May 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> > Jim Pazarena wrote:
> > >
> > > I rlogin into my FreeBSD machine, and the default shell
> > > can't seem to figure out that I want to backspace and all it
> > > does is echo back '^H'.
> > >
> > > If I use the bash shell, backspace works as I expect it.
> > >
> > > What do I have to do to get the default shell to *also* perform
> > > a backspace instead of an echo of ^H
> > > ?
> >
> > ``stty erase ^H'', where ``^H'' is typed by hitting the backspace key.
> >
>
> I personally hate control characters in my .login file - so what I do
> is to enter:
>
> stty erase '^h'
>
> literally. There are no control characters in the above line.
Thanks for the tip. I didn't realize you could do that.
> --
> Jonathan Chen Once is dumb luck.
> Twice is coincidence.
> Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
>
>
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