keyboard backspace problem

[aamir4u]

hi,

when i press backspace the keyboard

its not delete the line or words

when i press SHIFT+backspace its deletes

it is possible only press backspace delete words or line whithout press SHIFT.

(i access the servers remotly via PUTTY(ssh))

Thanks   

[Dennis Handly]

>when I press backspace the keyboard its not delete the line or words

Backspace only deletes one char.  Why would you want it to do more?

I think control-W deletes a word but I never use it.

And the KILL character will delete the whole line.  (See stty for yours.)

[Bill Hassell]

PuTTY has a very poor default for the key to erase one character -- it is the DELETE key. Now for Tru64/VMS and other DEC variants, this is perfectly acceptable, but for the rest of us, PuTTY must be reconfigured. It's the first change needed among several.In the PuTTY config menu:

Terminal ---> Keyboard ---> The Backspace Key ---> Control-H    
   (was Control-?, the DELETE key)

 So while we're at it, let's fix all the other settings for a more useful terminal emulator:

Session ---> Close Window on Exit: Always

  Window  ---> Columns: 132  Rows: 48
    (your choice, but 80 is too small for logs and ioscan)

Lines of Scrollback  ---> 50000

  Appearance  ---> Cursor appearance: Block
                           Cursor blinks

  Font: Lucida Console, 10-point
    (or Courier, personal choice, 10 point or adjust to fit screen size)

  Font quality: Clear Type

  Colours: Font default is gray!! (182, not 255)
    Set Foreground = 255 255 255
    Set Background = personal choice
    (note: Bold = 255, so bold enhancements
     will be the same)

[aamir4u]

Thanks for great advice.

But I want to simple delete word or character via BACKSPACE key.

is any setting on PUTTY or HP-UX OS.

Thanks

[basant]

This is the setting of Putty , Use latest version of putty & do the following setting in putty
Terminal ---> Keyboard ---> The Backspace Key ---> Backspace key in Keyboard. by default it is set Ctrl+h to delete a character ,. But you can change it to backspace.