backspace in wscons console sends ^H to processes

["Paul W. Rankin" <pwr%bydasein.com@localhost>]

Hello,

I have a problem with my backspace key in wscons console (vt220 
emulated); backspace appears to send ^H, which is correctly interpreted 
by the line editor, but not by child processes, e.g.

    $ cat
    hello wold^H^Hrld

My assumption is this can be fixed by remapping the keycode the 
backspace is sending with something like:

    wsconsctl -w map+="keycode CODE = backspace"

But after trawling through apropos I haven't found a command to monitor 
keycode input and so don't know what keycode backspace is actually 
sending, if that makes sense...

Or am I completely on the wrong track? Any guidance at all would be 
appreciated.

Thank you for your time,

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