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Old 07-07-2004
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Cannot backspace on my session in CRT

Hi,

when I make a mistake and then try to backspace I am unable to do so . Can someone please suggest How I can correct this on my session

For Eg:

pwd^H^H^H
Thanks
rooh
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Old 07-08-2004
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Try stty erase <backspace>

where <backspace> is you hitting the backspace key.
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Or add something this to your .profile or .cshrc or whatever script your shell uses:

Code:
stty erase "^H"
The "^H" is my backspace key.
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