Rename Tab

[Benjamin Metzler]

Is there a way to rename tabs to the server name in secure shell?  I will often have multiple terminals open in Chrome and would like to quickly glance at the tab bar to know which one to get for a server.

Thanks,

Ben

[Robert Ginda]

You can modify your bashrc to set the window title at login.  Add something like `echo -e "\e]0;$(hostname)\a"`.  Some folks use this sequence to update the title as part of PS1.  Search for "terminal window title" for more info.

Rob.

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[Benjamin Metzler]

Hi Robert,

I found posts about renaming via the echo command in other discussions (which I really should have mentioned), but when I tried using them, the tab name remains the same.  Even if I open Secure Shell in a separate window,  the title remains as "~" after the command or when I add it to .bashrc.   I've tried this on both Solaris and Cygwin in bash.

Thanks,

Ben

[Benjamin Metzler]

Hmm, well I figured it out with the following:

export PS1="\n\[\e[33m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ "

export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${HOSTNAME%%.*}\007"'

The first sets my prompt, while the second sets my title.  It's not quite what I want as I'd like to have it based on the connection instead of the host name, which can different then human readable name used.  Is there a way to set it outside of bash?

Thanks,

Ben