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How can I set the contents of my terminal's title bar?
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== How can I see a progress bar when copying/moving files? == You can't with cp(1), but you can either: * build one yourself with tools such as [[http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml|pv]] or [[http://clpbar.sourceforge.net/|clpbar]]; * use some other tool, e.g. [[http://members.iinet.net.au/~lynx/vcp/|vcp]]. You may want to use pv(1) since it's packaged for many systems. In that case, it's convenient if you create a function or script to wrap it. For example: |
== How can I set the contents of my terminal's title bar? == If you have a terminal that understands `xterm`-compatible escape sequences, and you just want to set the title one time, you can use a function like this: |
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pv "$1" > "$2/${1##*/}" | settitle() { printf '\e]2;%s\a' "$*"; } |
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This lacks error checking and support for moving files. | If you want to set the title bar to the currently-running process's title every time you type a command, then this solution approximates it: {{{ trap 'printf "\e]2;%s\a" "$(HISTTIMEFORMAT='' history 1)"' DEBUG }}} However, it leaves the command history number in place, and it doesn't trigger on explicit subshells like `(cd foo && make)`. |
How can I set the contents of my terminal's title bar?
If you have a terminal that understands xterm-compatible escape sequences, and you just want to set the title one time, you can use a function like this:
settitle() { printf '\e]2;%s\a' "$*"; }
If you want to set the title bar to the currently-running process's title every time you type a command, then this solution approximates it:
trap 'printf "\e]2;%s\a" "$(HISTTIMEFORMAT='' history 1)"' DEBUG
However, it leaves the command history number in place, and it doesn't trigger on explicit subshells like (cd foo && make).