Terminal

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UNIX

UNIX Shell

Also known as Gnome-Terminal. This is the default terminal application in many Linux distributions including Ubuntu.

Change Terminal Tab Title

Several examples are shown below...

You can include your chosen command in the ~/.bashrc file

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -en "\033]0;New terminal title\a"'

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -en "\033]0; $("pwd") \a"'

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -en "\033]0;$(whoami)@$(hostname)|$(pwd|cut -d "/" -f 4-100)\a"'

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD/$HOME/~}\007"'

gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/title --type=string "New Terminal Name"

Terminator is a more feature rich version of Terminal. Key features include the ability to split the screen horizontally and vertically.

sudo apt-get install terminator