[plug] .telnetrc or Expect for telnet automation?

[Mike Holland]

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Peter Caffin wrote:

> For now, I let it end at the end of `stty erase ` and manually press
> backspace and return (silly? yes, it feels it). Anyone heard of a better
> alternative?...

Peter, How about:   stty erase '^?'
'stty' will interpret the ^ and ? as a 'DEL' character. You need
quotes to stop the shell trying to interpret them.
  If you want 'BS' to erase, use:    stty erase '^H'

cheers,

Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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