Here’s a common problem that our users complains about:
The Problem
When they telnet or ssh or connect to a remote host, the backspace key doesn’t seem to work. When pressed, all it shows are caret characters but it does not erase.
The Solution
Here’s one way of solving it…
- Type in: stty erase
- Then press the ‘backspace’ key
- Enter
It should now work. 😉
Read the man page of stty for more information.
Thank you. It worked.
Though I’d like put in a little clarification. Type ‘stty erase’ then a space and then backspace. then Enter. So it would look like this ‘stty erase ^?’. Then hit enter.
Also, you can add it to your .profile file, and it’ll fix it everytime you login.