Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!hjespers From: hjespers@attcan.UUCP (Hans Jespersen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: 610 terminal keys gone flakey Keywords: .....help, medic..... Message-ID: <3745@attcan.UUCP> Date: 13 Jan 89 14:44:29 GMT References: <609@whizz.uucp> Reply-To: hjespers@attcan.UUCP (Hans Jespersen) Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Canada Inc., Toronto Lines: 28 In article <609@whizz.uucp> bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell) writes: > 1. When I backspace at the command-line, then enter another >command over the old one and hit , I get something like the >following: > > $ cat [type in command 'cat'] > $ [now use to back up] > $ ls [type in the new command] > $ cat^H^H^Hls [huh?] > $ cat^H^H^Hls: not found Try adding this line to your .profile (for each user) or your /etc/profile (for everyone). stty erase "^H" kill "^X" echoe echok This will define the backspace key as your kill character. On most System V machines (well AT&T anyway) the default kill character is '#'. Before you add the new line try $ cat###ls This should work the way you want it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Jespersen UUCP: uunet!attcan!hjespers AT&T Canada Inc. or ..!attcan!nebulus!arakis!hans Toronto, Ont. #include