Re: Sqlplus backspace character

Bash shells's character map is not controlled by settings like 'stty erase ^H';/etc/inputrc, ~/.inputrc controlls it. In your case, you need to set tty map by "stty erase ^H". There exist some old programs which rely on termcap/terminfo databases as well

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On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet_at_parexel.com
> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Having a small problem that's a real irritant. On one of our
> Linux platforms sqlplus does not recognize the backspace key. Instead it
> simply displays a ^H. Doesn't happen in the bash shell. Anyone got an
> idea??
>
> *Dick Goulet***
>
>

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