Setting Title for Tabs in Terminator (Console Application) in Ubuntu

bash tabs terminator

ORIG=$PS1TITLE="\e]2;\"This is just crazy enough to work\"\a"PS1=${ORIG}${TITLE}

Resets title to

"This is just crazy enough to work"

This should apply to all xterm-style terminal emulators.

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From the Terminator man pages,

Ctrl+Alt+W Rename window title.
Ctrl+Alt+A Rename tab title.
Ctrl+Alt+X Rename terminal title.

You can also launch a new instance with

$ terminator --title [title]

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Add follwing in your .bashrc file by editing it using vim ~/.bashrc and use set_title to rename your tab:

set_title() {ORIG=$PS1TITLE="\e]2;$*\a"PS1=${ORIG}${TITLE}}

run source ~/.bashrc command after editing your .bashrc file

Ex.: set_title newtab will rename your current tab to newtab

working Properly in Gnome3.14 terminal and terminator 0.97

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