Tag Archives: terminal

Fixing Delete and Backspace in OS X Terminal

Posted on September 25, 2008 by admin

I’m constantly having trouble with getting the backspace and delete keys to work properly in OS X. Whenever it works right on the Mac, one or the other key is broken when I  SSH to a Linux or FreeBSD box. … Continue reading →

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Are your arrows keys not working in less and vi?

Posted on November 5, 2007 by admin

I’ve had this problem sporadically with iTerm on my Mac, and I seem to remember this happening recently on my Linux machines as well. If you have this problem, try this: $ export TERM=linux If this works, on a Mac … Continue reading →

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OS X Slow Login and Terminal Startup

Posted on October 19, 2006 by admin

A while back my Mac starting taking really long to wake from sleep. I’d get a spinning beachball (SBOD) for 30 seconds before the login screen would appear, and it would take a while for my password to authenticate. I … Continue reading →

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