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    Setting the title on a Gnome terminal

    I usually have several terminals open running various daemon processes in tabs. To make the tabs more identifiable, you can set the tab title from your BASH script as follows:

    #!/bin/bash
    printf '\033]2;%s\007' "You Title Goes Here"
    #your daemon command goes here
    

    GitHub: _posts/2009-08-21-setting-the-title-on-a-gnome-terminal.html

    Updated: August 21, 2009

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