From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-02-21T14:59:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:11216] Re: better "gets"?

Nikita Proskourine <nop1@cornell.edu> writes:

> I get the following:
> 
> adamant:~$ irb
> irb(main):001:0> readline
> This is a test^H^H^H^Hsimple test.
> "This is a test\010\010\010\010simple test.\n"
> irb(main):002:0> exit
>  
> adamant:~$

What does 'stty' show as your erase character?


Dave