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Old 12-20-2006
backspace deletion hpux 11i
how i can enable backspace or charector deletion in hpux11i shell prompt.
# 2  
Old 12-20-2006
Enter this at shell prompt
Code:
stty erase <hit the key for deletion>

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Old 12-20-2006
thanks andryk, it is working fine.
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Old 01-04-2007
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Originally Posted by jestinabel
how i can enable backspace or charector deletion in hpux11i shell prompt.

If it is not working I think you can always use CTRL + H

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# 5  
Old 01-04-2007
once you figure out what character is associated w/your backspace-key, set it in your .profile

hpuxUSER> grep stty .profile
stty erase "^?" kill "^U" intr "^C" eof "^D"
stty hupcl ixon ixoff
# 6  
Old 01-24-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_manny
once you figure out what character is associated w/your backspace-key, set it in your .profile

hpuxUSER> grep stty .profile
stty erase "^?" kill "^U" intr "^C" eof "^D"
stty hupcl ixon ixoff
Better make sure your TERM environment variable ends up with the proper value.

Sadly too many /etc/profile scripts set the TERM variable to some kind of default.

if you use the stty commands in your .profile it is proper to make sure ^U, ^C and ^D are single characters and not 2 characters.

To make ^U as a single character hit CTRL-V + CTRL-U in your vi editor
for ^C hit CTRL-V + CTRL-C
for ^D hit CTRL-V + CTRL-D
etc

This works for all, except ^?
# 7  
Old 01-30-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by sb008
if you use the stty commands in your .profile it is proper to make sure ^U, ^C and ^D are single characters and not 2 characters.

To make ^U as a single character hit CTRL-V + CTRL-U in your vi editor
for ^C hit CTRL-V + CTRL-C
for ^D hit CTRL-V + CTRL-D
etc

This works for all, except ^?
How do we do it for ^? then..?
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