Theresa Arzadon-Labajo

Setting your Backspace key to erase
Posted by Theresa Arzadon-Labajo (tarzadon) on Sep 26 2011
Tech Stuff >> Unix-Linux

To change your erase key to be the Backspace key instead of erase:

stty erase (then hit the Backspace key. It should output ^? on the screen)

If you would like this to be a permanent thing, add it to your login script (eg. .bashrc)

Last changed: Feb 27 2020 at 4:07 PM

Setting your Backspace key to erase