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Old 11-14-2005
Change Terminal Title

Is it possible to change the title of a Terminal window on Solaris? For example, for a MS Windows command window, one can simply type "title NameofWindow" to change the title for a command window.

I was looking for similar functionality for terminal windows.

Thanks.

Last edited by here2learn; 11-14-2005 at 02:32 PM..
# 2  
Old 11-17-2005
Ahhhh...c'mon....please don't tell me that this isn't possible or isn't as seamless as it is on Windoze ???
# 3  
Old 11-17-2005
here2learn,

Although it is possible, I, for one, don't have the time to check into it - I do know it's set up somewhere in a login for it changed my title yesterday - but I could not find where when I went back to the same systems in a new window (whatever I did as far as logging in didn't change the second window). And that was all the time I had to spend on this as real work was keeping me busy.

Another thought - look at this - your second post may be considered for #4.

And if you are really here2learn, look at #5.
# 4  
Old 11-17-2005
$ dtterm -title NameofWindow

if u use xterm:

$ xterm -T NameofWindow
# 5  
Old 11-17-2005
Does this help?

local xterm:
xterm -sb -T windowTITLE -geometry 131x64+100+0 -fn fixed -bg gray -fg black -cr blue -e

xterm via ssh:
xterm -sb -T productionBOX -geometry 131x64+100+0 -fn fixed -bg gray -fg black -cr blue -e ssh productionBOX

xterm via telnet:
xterm -sb -T developmentBOX -geometry 128x65+100+0 -fn fixed -bg black -fg green -cr yellow -e telnet developmentBOX
# 6  
Old 11-17-2005
That's what I'm talking about !!! The color tip is awesome !!! Would there actually be away to configure the terminal window to always startup with a certain color?

Thanks for the info.


PS. - Sorry RTM. I did do a search on here prior to posting. I'm usually very hesitant on posting until I do an exhaustive search. Guess I should have search a little harder. Apologize about the bumping.

Last edited by here2learn; 11-17-2005 at 03:24 PM..
# 7  
Old 11-17-2005
here2learn - not a problem. Sometimes the searching can be difficult - you have to know what someone else may have posted - this should have come up for you in a search for terminal title
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