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Setting Terminal tab titles

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 22278 / 1 Year ago, thu, december 15, 2022, 12:32:51

I'm trying to open up a few terminal tabs in gnome-terminal, and so far I've managed to do something, but I'm stuck now.

So, I have the following requirement:

Open tabs titled "X" and "Y"

Execute some commands

Keep the tabs open and ready for further use; keep the title.

So far, I managed to meet some of the requirements, but not all of them:

gnome-terminal --tab -t "X" -e "bash" --tab -t "Y" -e "top"

This opens two tabs:

"X" (and then changes the title to the default title)

"Y", but the tab closes as soon as I quit top.

Is there a way to open up a tab, launch bash, but not change the title? I've tried Google, but gave up.

EDIT: It doesn't has to be a command.

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answered 1 Year ago earxcept · Accepted Answer

As you can see in other answers, the title of the tab is changed by the shell every time it outputs a prompt. And after executing top your tab exits because the command you told it to run finishes...

I'll do the following:

Step 1: call the terminal with shells, adding environment variables like that:

gnome-terminal --tab -t X -e "env MYTAB=X bash" --tab -t Y -e "env MYTAB=Y bash"

Step 2: add at the end of your .bashrc the following code:

#if MYTAB is not set, return

[ -z "$MYTAB" ] && return

# reset the cursor and title 

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}u@h:w$ '

PS1="[e]0;$MYTAB wa]$PS1"   #title: $MYTAB and current dir

# execute the commands for every tab

case "$MYTAB" in

        X)

                echo this is X

        ;;



        Y)

                echo this is Y 

                top

        ;;

esac

...which I think is easy to understand and you can modify with the command/tweaks you need. Tested and works ok; after you exit top from the tab you'll still have the prompt and the tab for you to peruse.

Screenshot (after pressing "q" in top):

screenshot