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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 12:04:22 -0700
From: Kenneth Ingham <ingham@i-pi.com>
To: Jerry Lei <tylei@hotmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: set up stty erase BACKSPACE in .login
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On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:50:13AM -0800, Jerry Lei wrote:
> I try to set up stty erase BACKSPACE in .login.
> However, I try to type "stty erase BACKSPACE" in .login (no quotation mark 
> actually). Doesn't work. I can't really keyin "stty erase (push the key of 
> BACKSPACE)", then of course I will get "stty erase"
> 
> Can anyone give me a suggestion? Thanks

Try:
stty erase ^h

Note that the last two characters are simply a ^ and a h

Kenneth


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