Have you tried setting erase to ^H on both boxes? Currently, you have it set to ^? on the BSD box and ^H on the linux box. Excuse me if I am stating the obvious. What shell are you using? Bash is smart about this stuff and does the right thing no matter your stty settings. Many other apps are not as smart as bash (e.g. that nasty korn shell). Mike _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list