Re: Dynamic Title

[Asif Iqbal]

This is what I have done on the screen server to achieve dynamic title.

in .bashrc :

PROMPT_COMMAND='if [ $TERM = "screen" ]; then printf
"\033k${HOSTNAME%%.*}\033\\" ; fi'

in .ssh/config :
# this won't work unless your screen server has openssh 5.1 or above
host *
   PermitLocalCommand   yes
   LocalCommand /path/to/screen_ssh.sh %n


in screen_ssh.sh :
# got the idea from http://www.tenshu.net/screen_ssh/
if [ $TERM = "screen" ]; then printf "\033k${1%%.*}\033\\" ; fi


Also I got my concept cleared from #screen and #bash irc channel in
irc.freenode.net

Now when I ssh to a host it changes the window title to match the
hostname. And as
soon as I logout it changes back to the screen server's hostname

In other words window title always has the correct hostname of the
screen window I am on

Thanks to all

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:49 AM, Michael Grant <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 05:47, Asif Iqbal <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Alan Young <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 20:17, Asif Iqbal <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> How do I change the title of a screen window (tab) dynamically, to
>>>> match the hostname I ssh to ?
>
> I do this as follows:
>
> in .screenrc: hardstatus lastline
>
> in .bashrc: export PS1='[\$\!] \[ESC_\H \wESC\\\]'
> where ESC is an escape character.
>
> This makes my prompt look like [$123] and puts the machine name and
> current working dir in the status line.  It also (at least on windows)
> puts the machine named into the title bar of the window.
>
> You need the \[ and \] to tell bash not to count those characters as
> being displayed on the line, otherwise, it messes up the display when
> you start wrapping long input lines.
>
> ESC_ gets you into the status line and ESC\ gets out out.
>
> Is that what you're looking for?
>
> Michael Grant
>



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