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?? > > *Dick Goulet*** > Senior Oracle DBA > PAREXEL International > 2 Federal St > Billerica, MA 01821 > 978.313.3426 > *Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx* > > *The information transmitted in this communication is intended only for > the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or > other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by > persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you > received this in error, please destroy any copies, contact the sender and > delete the material from any computer.* > >