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