delete key printing ^H

Matt McClure (matthew.mcclure@yale.edu)
Tue, 30 Mar 1999 14:53:51 -0500

I guess this isn't really Linux-specific, but I figure someone here must
know the answer.

Why is it that some programs echo ^H to stdout when delete (or backspace) is
pressed? It seems that stty can control this when I'm in a shell, but what
about ftp or perl, for example? Is there a way to get these programs to
erase the last character instead of printing ^H?

Thanks,
Matt