Re: Sqlplus backspace character

Hello Richard,

To fix, type in your current telnet session:

*$ stty erase "BackspaceKey"*

The permanent solution is to edit your ".profile" and insert the following line:

*stty erase '^H'*

Thanks,
Ananth

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 4:41 AM, 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??
>
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