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Hello.

I am trying to figure out how to change the title of my console window. I don't need it to dynamically change with my current directory. I just want to be able to change the name of it, so when I minimize the window I can see which windows are for what purpose.

I've tried using the following, but it returns back saying that TITLE is an undefined variable.

echo "^[]l${TITLE}^[\\"

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

I have a one-line script which I use called "title"...

$ cat title
#----script to set window title
print "\033]0;$*"

...use it like this...

$ title New Window Title

...however, it may not work for all terminal types or emulators.

Hi,

I use a slightly different command

Code:

echo "^[]0;$*^G"

Does the same thing as Ygor's script, and seems to work on all vt100 compatibles.

Cheers
ZB

Thanks for your help Ygor and Zazzybob.

However, I have been unable to get either method to work.

Ygor,

I created the title script using the VI editor. I modified the script to have rwx for all. When I ran the script just like you suggested...

# title New Window Title

it returned,

title: print: not found

Do you have any idea what I could be doing wrong? I am running on an emulator using the Exceed software. Would this have anything to do with my problem?

The OS is Solaris 6.


Zazzybob,

I also tried running your command from the command line. All it seems to do is echo back

^[]0;^G


The title bar still says console.

Hi, maybe I should have elaborated.

Create a script called, say, set_title.sh

In vi, insert this code....

Code:

#!/bin/sh

echo "^[]0;$*^G"

The ^[ is produced using the keystroke CTRL-V then ESC

The ^G is produced using the keystroke CTRL-G (on some terminals CTRL-V then CTRL-G)

Then, invoke the code at the prompt with

./set_title.sh My new window title

Cheers
ZB

Thanks Zazzybob!!!

Sorry that you had to spell it out for me. I really appreciate your help though.

Cheers,

medmonson

Some shells have "print" built-in, but its just the same as "echo".

Incidentally, "CTRL-V then ESC" is the same as "\033". See man ascii.