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Why is backspace often represented with ^H?

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Mar 15, 20266555 views
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Problem

I don't see what has in common with "backspace". Why is backspace represented that way in many locations?

Error Output

^H

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Fix for: Why is backspace often represented with ^H?

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represents holding the Ctrl button. With any of the characters from to , it generates a character 64 (0x40) positions earlier in the ASCII table.

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