[ale] erase = ^?

[Alfred Grahame Leach]

On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Christopher Fowler wrote:

> I know the default erase is ^?.  Is there a way I can change this so that the
> erase is ^H.  I want to be able to telnet in AIX systems and SCO systems and
> use my backspace key.  I know that on the AIX I can do stty erase '^?', but
> on SCO I cannot.  Is there a way to change this so that is is always ^H and 
> not ^H and when I type the backspace key the keyboard emulates a ^H?
> 

Maybe this is a naive answer, but have you tried 'stty erase ^H'?


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