Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
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
Message-ID:  <20000307120422.B11440@socrates.i-pi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000307185013.67305.qmail@hotmail.com>; from tylei@hotmail.com on Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:50:13AM -0800
References:  <20000307185013.67305.qmail@hotmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000307120422.B11440>