[Iftop-users] cannot change the net filter code

Paul Warren pdw at ex-parrot.com
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:31:06 +0100


On 22 Sep 2009, at 20:54, peng shao wrote:

> Hi everybody. I am using iftop 0.17 on an openwrt router. It is  
> really awesome.
> However I met the following annoying issue: in the main monitor  
> screen of iftop, I press
> "f" to enter a filter, such as "not net myip". But if I made a  
> typo, I found I could not use "backspace" on my keyboard to delete  
> the typo.And later if I want to input a new filter, I press "f"  
> again, then the command line on upper-left corner calls the old  
> filter code and promoted me to input the new filter. Again, I  
> cannot delete the old filter. I have to restart the iftop....

I see the same problem.  As a workaround Control+H should do what you  
want.

Paul