Re: Missing Backspace command in the readline

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/2/21 1:26 PM, Budi wrote:
> What is the Backspace code in the readline, i.e. .inputrc file (as the
> source come with explanation Ctrl-Backspace ( \b ) but not Backspace)
> ?

Backspace is Control-H (^H, C-h). The default binding in emacs mode is
backward-delete-char:

$ bind -p | grep backward-delete-char
"\C-h": backward-delete-char

That binding usually comes in from the stty `erase' special character,
but it's the default in the source. The usual result is that both DEL
and BS are bound to backward-delete-char.

This is not a bash bug. The question is more appropriate for help-bash.

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