Re: Sqlplus backspace character

  • From: "Shastry(DBA)" <shastry17@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:15:14 +0530

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@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??
>
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