Re: Sqlplus backspace character

Hi Dick

Just put this line 
stty erase ^H in your .bash_profile 

cat stty erase ^H  >>.bash_profile 

and that should fix the issue

regards
Hrishy


--- On Fri, 26/12/08, Pedro Espinoza <raindoctor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Pedro Espinoza <raindoctor@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Sqlplus backspace character
> To: Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "oracle-l" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, 26 December, 2008, 12:23 AM
> 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
> 
> .
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Goulet, Richard
> <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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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