Comments on: Use BackSpace Key to Erase characters instead of Delete Key http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/164/use-backspace-key-to-erase-characters-instead-of-delete-key/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:16:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Newbie http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/164/use-backspace-key-to-erase-characters-instead-of-delete-key/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Newbie Wed, 20 Oct 2004 08:43:59 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-884 This solved it for me thanks This solved it for me thanks

]]> By: angelko http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/164/use-backspace-key-to-erase-characters-instead-of-delete-key/comment-page-1/#comment-825 angelko Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:05:58 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-825 you should use the following: stty erase ^? the ^H version is also correct but it works on a different term/keyboard setup. =angelko you should use the following:
stty erase ^?

the ^H version is also correct but it works on a different term/keyboard setup.

=angelko

]]> By: its me http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/164/use-backspace-key-to-erase-characters-instead-of-delete-key/comment-page-1/#comment-749 its me Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:23:34 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-749 i tried this from # prompt, but its in vein. error: "H: not found". i entered it exactly as you mentioned. i tried this from # prompt, but its in vein. error: “H: not found”. i entered it exactly as you mentioned.

]]> By: siva http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/164/use-backspace-key-to-erase-characters-instead-of-delete-key/comment-page-1/#comment-225 siva Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:21:57 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-225 the solution worked. Here it little more clarification on how to set it in .profile. first at the $ prompt type stty erase BACKSPACE, then copy this line and add it to the .profile. Directly typing BACKSPACE in the .profile is not working. thanks, siva the solution worked. Here it little more clarification on how to set it in .profile. first at the $ prompt type stty erase BACKSPACE, then copy this line and add it to the .profile. Directly typing BACKSPACE in the .profile is not working.

thanks,
siva

]]> By: qmchenry http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/164/use-backspace-key-to-erase-characters-instead-of-delete-key/comment-page-1/#comment-95 qmchenry Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:22:24 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-95 The trick in describing this is that what you see is not what you type. Frequently, editors interpret the backspace (CTRL-H) key as a backspace, even if the shell doesn't. So when you edit the file, you need to escape the control character. If the code is copied and pasted, the literal characters "^" and "H" will be pasted, and this is certainly not what is needed. In an editor, the literal characters ^H and the ^H representing a backspace look the same (although the literal characters are two characters while the backspace ^H is treated as one character while moving the cursor around). There are two ways I know of to do this. If you preceed a control character with CTRL-V, the control character will be escaped. For example, pressing CTRL-V and then BACKSPACE will yield a ^H on the screen which represents a CTRL-H. The backslash character () will also escape a control character, so you can type BACKSPACE and you'll also see ^H. Let us know if this doesn't help. Quinn The trick in describing this is that what you see is not what you type. Frequently, editors interpret the backspace (CTRL-H) key as a backspace, even if the shell doesn’t. So when you edit the file, you need to escape the control character. If the code is copied and pasted, the literal characters “^” and “H” will be pasted, and this is certainly not what is needed. In an editor, the literal characters ^H and the ^H representing a backspace look the same (although the literal characters are two characters while the backspace ^H is treated as one character while moving the cursor around).

There are two ways I know of to do this. If you preceed a control character with CTRL-V, the control character will be escaped. For example, pressing CTRL-V and then BACKSPACE will yield a ^H on the screen which represents a CTRL-H. The backslash character () will also escape a control character, so you can type BACKSPACE and you’ll also see ^H.

Let us know if this doesn’t help.
Quinn

]]> By: mhobbs13 http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/164/use-backspace-key-to-erase-characters-instead-of-delete-key/comment-page-1/#comment-94 mhobbs13 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:14:23 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-94 I tried this on my Sun Solaris box after I put stty erase ^H in the .profile I then save the .profile and logout then log back in and I see this -sh: H: not found and I still get ^H when I try to back-space. Can anyone help. thanks, Michael Hobson michael.hobson@its.state.ms.us I tried this on my Sun Solaris box after I put stty erase ^H in the .profile I then save the .profile and logout then log back in and I see this -sh: H: not found and I still get ^H when I try to back-space. Can anyone help.
thanks,
Michael Hobson
michael.hobson@its.state.ms.us

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