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How to set terminal title on a profile?

Asked by Christopher Yeleighton

When I ask Terminal to launch a profile, a new window opens executing the profile. All such windows have window title "Terminal", which makes it hard to find the right window :-( How do I change the window title for a profile?

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Christopher Yeleighton (giecrilj) said : 		#1

Workaround:
Write a script to execute the command to be run in the profile.
Start the script with saying { echo "^[]0;$title^G"; } (where ^[ and ^G are control characters).

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Add the setting for the PS1 variable in ~/.bashrc

You can make the prompt display lots of things and even have colours

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Christopher Yeleighton (giecrilj) said : 		#3

The prompt is written by the interactive shell. When you run terminal with a profile that does not execute interactive shell, you do not get the prompt.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#4

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