mac geekery

Having problems getting delete (aka. “forward delete”) working in Terminal? Setup an .inputrc file with Terminal’s settings.

Create a file in your home called .inputrc and place the following into it:

“\e[3~”: delete-char

If you have a preference for the backspace/erase character, you can change that as well:

^?: backward-delete-char

To get that “^?” character you’ll need to first press Ctl-V and then press the Delete key. Whatever the key is currently set to will be inserted as a control code.

If you search for either “delete-char” or “backward-delete-char” in the Bash manual page you’ll get a list of even more goodies to change in the same way.