Re: No backspace key in the psql command-line tool?

Thanks. I told you it was stupid. But not as stupid as it sounds. I had tried
stty -a to find out what the erase character was (reported ^?), and had tried
typing that as my backspace, but it didn't work.

Oh well, stty erase ^H does work.

Thanks again,
Rob

"Brett W. McCoy" wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Nils Zonneveld wrote:
>
> > > Stupid question.
> > >
> > > How do you get the backspace key to work in the psql command-line
> > > tool? Just echos ^H's. I'm running on Mandrake Linux 7.2, and it works
> > > from the system console, but not from a konsole X terminal (or from a
> > > vt220-based telnet session from Windows - using CRT's telnet).
> > >
> > > Curses programs don't seem to have this problem, but then again, it
> > > doesn't look like psql uses curses anyway. But I have seen a similar
> > > problem when I telnet from a konsole window on my Linux box into an AIX
> > > box.
> > >
> >
> > Try another telnet client.
>
> A better answer:
>
> In the shell, type
>
> stty erase ^H
>
> It will make sure ^H actually is the erase (backspace) character.
>
> -- Brett
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