Do-Over a mangled sudo password?

[Ben Scott]

On 2/3/06, Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> wrote:
> I'm working in an environment where I have to sudo a number of
> commands when logged into a remote machine via ssh.
>
> Is there a way to clear the characters I've entered and start again,
> without hitting enter, waiting for the timeout, hoping I haven't
> exceed the limit and trying again?

  Um, maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but have you tried the
[BACKSPACE] key?

  My preferred technique is to position my index and middle fingers
over the key and alternate them back and forth very quickly a couple
dozen times.  :-)

-- Ben "It's the most used key on my keyboard" Scott