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Date:      Thu, 06 May 1999 07:39:29 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: console backspace ^H
Message-ID:  <37313921.D0BD89D8@uk.radan.com>
References:  <9905051753.aa04132@dick.ccstores.com>

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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.

HTH

> TIA
> 
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