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I did not know if I had to post that in a more system specific stack exchange. So please inform me where to go if this question does not belong here.

I am using mobaXterm tu SSH into a server. It worked fine for the last week, but since today, I have a behavior modification.

When I press the return key, it prints ^H instead of deleting previous character.

For example:

# cd bni/^H^H^H

Why did it suddenly change and how can I configure it to actualy delete the character instead of printing this ?

Edit: With a new terminal, the "problem" does not occur.

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In MobaXterm's changelog https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html, you can see they added a New option for sending ^H when pressing the backspace key in Version 3.0. It has a checkbox setting 'Backspace sends ^H' in Settings --> Terminal tab. You can also use Shift+Backspace to remove a character.

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You could also use the stty command to set your erase character:

stty erase {press backspace to get the ^H character}

You may need to include this in your login scripts to make it permanent.

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