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From: "Nellis, Kenneth" <Kenneth DOT Nellis AT xerox DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: set Cygwin terminal title
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 16:24:31 +0000
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From: xmoon 2000 
> Ho can I set Cygwin termnal title?
> 
> I have tried echoing every escape sequence I have found on web.
> 
> None seem to work.

This works with mintty and bash:

printf "\e]2;%s\a" "your message here"

--Ken Nellis


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