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slugman

Member

Registered: 2014-10-07

Posts: 1

Terminal Tab Name

Is there a way to update the tab name without using the gui, i.e. from the terminal? For example, is there a variable I can simply echo a tab name I see fit within a console?

I tried searching the forum for an answer to this question. I found the following post but I'm not sure if its related:

https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=8025 .

XFCE: 4.10
Slackware 14.1 64

Last edited by slugman (2014-10-07 11:54:55)

ToZ

Administrator

From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,713

Re: Terminal Tab Name

Yes, that post is related. You can change the tab name by manually issuing the PROMPT_COMMAND variable, like:

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'

...or as a template:

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;YOUR TITLE HERE\007"'

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