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Old 10-10-2008
PuTTY TITLE
Is it possible to set the PuTTY title to show the current hostname of the terminal opened?

I meant to say I would be rlogin between servers, that should be updated in PuTTTY title ? Smilie
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Old 10-10-2008
Found this so far:
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/...er4.html#4.8.3

and maybe this might help:
https://www.unix.com/unix-advanced-ex...-window-2.html
Last edited by zaxxon; 10-10-2008 at 10:20 AM.. Reason: no accurate answer at first
# 3  
Old 10-10-2008
Didnt help!
Both didnt help me.


Also Pls note the error if I try xterm inside the terminal
Code:
xterm
Error: Can't open display:
Error: Couldn't find per display information

# 4  
Old 10-10-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by ./hari.sh
Is it possible to set the PuTTY title to show the current hostname of the terminal opened?

I meant to say I would be rlogin between servers, that should be updated in PuTTTY title ? Smilie
Dude, just do a search for putty title. Should be a bunch of stuff, including my awesome technique...
Smilie

...Never mind, I am kind. The link is here: https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...me-path-2.html

You'll need to edit your .bashrc on all servers you log into.
# 5  
Old 10-11-2008
You can puttcm - a multitab client that uses putty. It will automatically display server names or connection names.
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