topic Re: How to enable key Backspace? in Operating System - Linux

How to enable key Backspace?

Rashid Ali — Fri, 01 Jun 2001 07:06:53 GMT

I am using RedHat Linux 6.2. I can use the key Backspace to remove typo error. But when I telnet to HP-UX server, It cannot work and simply display ^? when hitting Backspace. I run "stty" and it shows as below,
speed 9600 baud; evenp hupcl -cread
intr = ^C; erase = ^H; kill = ^U;
swtch ;
brkint -inpck icrnl -ixany ixoff onlcr tab3
-iexten echo echoe echok
-echoctl -echoke

How can I enable Backspace under the telnet session?

Thanks for help,

Re: How to enable key Backspace?

Vincenzo Restuccia — Fri, 01 Jun 2001 07:46:14 GMT

#stty erase ^?(Backspace)

Re: How to enable key Backspace?

Evert Jan van Ramselaar — Fri, 01 Jun 2001 10:25:49 GMT

Try this:
# stty erase [Backspace-key]

(You could do this in your .profile)

Re: How to enable key Backspace?

Rashid Ali — Fri, 01 Jun 2001 23:48:17 GMT

Yes, It works. But, is there any way to fix it? So that I don't need to run this command every time I telnet to HP-UX server from Linux and at the same time I can also telnet to the same server from Win98/NT. If I add this command into .profile then once I log on to the server from Win98/NT, I still got the same problem, Is that true?

Re: How to enable key Backspace?

Mark Fenton — Mon, 04 Jun 2001 19:37:46 GMT

I don't think I understand your question. The command, if located in the .profile on the HP box will execute whether you logon from Linux or anywhere else. Do you mean to ask how to set this property for just your Linux box, because when you execute the command from the Windows client, this fix causes problems?