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I would like to change the entire title of the terminal window for a particular bash script. I googled out but I couldn't find much more than this suggestion:

printf "\e]0;My Custom Title\a"

After running the line above, my terminal window's title becomes so:

ft1 — My Custom Title — bash — 80×24

But I would like it to become just like this:

My Custom Title

Any ideas?

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Open the preferences for Terminal and untick the following flags

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If this alone doesn't solve the problem

  • unset PROMPT_COMMAND
  • check whether PS1 (the prompt string) changes the window title as well
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  • Actually I was looking for something that only affects the terminal that is running the script, not the global settings. Thanks anyway for your help.
    – GOTO 0
    Aug 5, 2012 at 16:29
  • You can create a new profile and assign this to the terminal tab/window in question.
    – nohillside ♦
    Aug 5, 2012 at 17:15

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