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screen: Naming Windows

 
 10.1 Naming Windows (Titles)
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 You can customize each window's name in the window display (viewed with
 the 'windows' command (Windows) by setting it with one of the
 title commands.  Normally the name displayed is the actual command name
 of the program created in the window.  However, it is sometimes useful
 to distinguish various programs of the same name or to change the name
 on-the-fly to reflect the current state of the window.
 
    The default name for all shell windows can be set with the
 'shelltitle' command (Shell).  You can specify the name you want
 for a window with the '-t' option to the 'screen' command when the
 window is created (Screen Command).  To change the name after
 the window has been created you can use the title-string escape-sequence
 ('<ESC> k NAME <ESC> \') and the 'title' command (C-a A). The former can
 be output from an application to control the window's name under
 software control, and the latter will prompt for a name when typed.  You
 can also bind predefined names to keys with the 'title' command to set
 things quickly without prompting.
 

Menu

 
· Title Command                 The 'title' command.
· Dynamic Titles                Make shell windows change titles dynamically.
· Title Prompts                 Set up your shell prompt for dynamic Titles.
· Title Screenrc                Set up Titles in your '.screenrc'.
 

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