How to make iterm2 send Control-H for backspace so it works for all Linux shells

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ale picture ale · Oct 22, 2012 · Viewed 8k times · Source

I had some problems with Terminal.app in OSX when my backspace key didn't have backspace behaviour. Basically, pressing backspace caused a delete instead. In Terminal you can fix this by going to Preferences/Settings/Advanced and ticking 'Delete sends Control-H' which works on all the servers that I SSH into.

I have now shifted to iTerm2 How do I do the same thing on iTerm2?

Many thanks.

Answer

ale picture ale · Oct 22, 2012

Ok, fixed already sorry! For anyone else who needs this:

iTerm2 -> Preferences -> Keys -> Key Mappings -> click on the + symbol  
-> Click to Set -> press backspace -> select 'Send ^H Backspace'

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