delete button in console

[Bertram Scharpf]

Hi,

On Tuesday, 29. Dec 2015, 01:48:49 -0800, Sergei G wrote:
> When I ssh to a FreeBSD machine and press 'Delete' button in csh prompt 
> I get character '~' printed on screen.  Backspace works just fine.
> 
> I think even an actual console behaves the same way.
> 
> Is there a way to "map" the Delete button to work appropriately? Would 
> it be my SSH client application or FreeBSD itself?

Before you post, try to ask something like
<http://www.google.de/search?q=csh+bindkey+delete-char>.

The solution is

  % bindkey "\e[3~" delete-char

An even superior solution is

  % exec zsh -l

You won't regret it.

Bertram


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