KR - visualize backspace

I come across this KR exercise 1-10:

Write a program to copy its input to its output, replace each tab by t, each backspace by b, and each backslash by \ .

Here's a very simple solution:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int c;
    const char TAB = 't';
    const char BACKSPACE = 'b';
    const char BACKSLASH = '\';
    while( EOF != ( c = getchar() ) )
    {
        if( TAB == c )
        {
            printf( "\t" );
        }
        else if( BACKSPACE == c )
        {
            printf( "\b" );
        }
        else if( BACKSLASH == c )
        {
            printf( "\\" );
        }
        else
        {
            putchar( c );
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

I found the it works ok to visualize Tab and (Backslash) but not Backspace. Looks like Backspaces are not remembered by the console? I'm on Ubuntu 14.04.

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This seems a similar issue, but not quite sure it's the same.