Re: Backspace key linus 5.2

control-w erases previous word
control-u erases from cursor to beginning of line

Yousuf Basit wrote:

>Hi,
>
>A bit off topic, but just for info, what's the difference between CTRL-W &
>CTRL-U, or is that a Unix legacy.
>
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>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Kirkpatrick
>Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:10
>To: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 7.3 (Valhalla)
>Subject: Re: Backspace key linus 5.2
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>Not sure how to fix control-h at login prompt - but you can press 
>control-w to kill the word to the left of your cursor. This works for 
>both the login prompt and in bash.
>
>Harry Hambi wrote:
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>>When I press the backspace after making a mistake at the log in prompt 
>>it prints the following character ^H.what file do I need to edit in 
>>order for the backspace key to work..once logged in seems fine.hope 
>>this makes sense.
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>>Rgds.
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