If you type stty erase '^H'. this should fix your problem (I hope!!). Sorry
I do not have time to explain in detail - I am really late for work hehe.
-- Oliver
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From: Mary P. Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: techtalk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 7:04 AM
Subject: [techtalk] MAJOR newbie question
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> Be gentle ... I'm a big-time Linux/Unix beginner.
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> My Unix class is actually working on Linux RedHat 5.2. I
> telnet to the server from home. A friend and I are playing with
> talk and write to send messages back and forth. I think we've
> got talk down, but here's the problem with write: How, if at
> all, do I correct my butterfinger typing when I'm sending a write
> message? When I backspace, the bad typing remains and I get
> a ^H in addition to it. Any way around that?
>
> - - Mary; learning to crawl.
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> - --
> "More than any other emotion, melancholy
> is incompatible with bicycling."
> - James E. Starrs, 'The Noiseless Tenor'
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