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does anyone know how to incorporate this in a script so users can actually make use of their backspace button that they've grown accustomed to?

stty erase ^H --- this isn't working the script. works on command line but i wanna invoke it whenever this program of mine is run so users can use their back space button. how do i do this?

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Before typing ^H, type ^V ([CTRL-V]).

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Before typing ^H, type ^V ([CTRL-V]).

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