Re: Backspace echoed incorrectly with TERM=garbage

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: Backspace echoed incorrectly with TERM=garbage
Date	2020-06-18 10:29 -0400
Organization	ITS, Case Western Reserve University
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On 6/17/20 5:30 PM, bryanh@giraffe-data.com wrote:

> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 3
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> 
>   With TERM environment variable set to an undefined terminal type, Bash
>   echoes a backspace as a space; I expect it to echo as a backspace (ctl-h).
>   It edits the line properly; it just isn't displayed correctly.

Sorry, I can't reproduce this.

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