it only seems to work for a split second and then gnome (or something)
resets it. What am I doing wrong?
d$
> works for gnome-terminal too. lots of you probably know this, but i
> just figured it out today. in your .bash_profile or .bashrc or
> whatever:
>
> title() {
> printf "\033]0;$*\007"
> }
>
> then just use the command 'title newtitle' and your xterm or
> gnome-terminal window title will change to newtitle.
>
> or if you don't run bash, you could just create a script called title,
> and put it in your path:
>
> --title.sh
> #!/bin/sh
> printf "\033]0;$*\007"
>
> --title.sh
>
>
> -Lkb
