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Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 18:40:53 -0600
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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To: lin q <linq936 AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: how to change the window title dynamically
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According to lin q on 5/26/2005 4:19 PM:
> Hi,
>  I wonder how to change the window title synamically like command prompt
> to list the full path? Google returns me such command,
> 
> print -nP -u2 "\033]0;%n@%m:%~\a"

Try echo or printf, and try `help echo', `/bin/echo --help', and so forth,
for more of their options.  For example, echo -e '\E]0;blah\a' changed my
window title to 'blah'. \033 is universally accepted as ESC, but you will
see that some programs allow the shortcut \E or ^[.  If you want the
prompt to change the window title automatically, look at how /etc/profile
(or /etc/default/etc/profile) is manipulating $PS1 to get that effect.

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Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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