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*** > >