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POHow does this script for naming iTerm tabs work?
 

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    <p>I'm trying to name my iTerm tabs and found <a href="http://blog.locut.us/2009/10/30/simple-bash-script-to-name-a-tab-in-iterm/" rel="nofollow">this link.</a> Here is the pertinent part of the guy's post:</p> <blockquote> <p>I wrote a simple script, which I call “nametab”, which allows you to name the tab you are in from the command line. You just type something like:</p> <pre><code>$ nametab New tab name </code></pre> <p>If you’d like to use this yourself, here is the code:</p> <pre><code>#!/bin/bash # A simple script which will name a tab in iTerm # usage: # $ nametab New tab name echo -ne "\033]0;"$@"\007" </code></pre> </blockquote> <p>I have created a directory <code>$HOME/dev/bash_scripts</code> and placed a file in that directory called <code>nametab.sh</code>. I then switched to that directory and ran the command</p> <pre><code>chmod u+x nametab.sh </code></pre> <p>But when I try to name my current tab in iTerm by typing <code>nametab.sh New tab hellooooo</code>, nothing happens. I also tried <code>nametab.sh hellooooo</code>, and nothing happens.</p> <p>Can you help me understand what I don't understand?</p> <hr> <h2>Update:</h2> <pre><code>echo TERM=$TERM </code></pre> <p>returns</p> <pre><code>TERM=xterm-256color </code></pre> <p>and</p> <pre><code>echo $PATH </code></pre> <p>returns</p> <pre><code>.:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:~/dev/bash_scripts </code></pre> <p>and</p> <pre><code>cat ~/dev/bash_scripts/nametab.sh </code></pre> <p>returns</p> <pre><code>#!/bin/bash # A simple script which will name a tab in iTerm # usage: # $ nametab NewTabName echo "trying to rename the current tab to $@" echo -ne "\033]0;"$@"\007" echo "finished" </code></pre> <p>and</p> <pre><code>nametab.sh hellooooo </code></pre> <p>returns</p> <pre><code>trying to rename the current tab to helloooo finished </code></pre> <p>but the tab name always stays the same.</p> <p>Incidentally, the tab name reads</p> <pre><code>MindRoot (bash) </code></pre> <p>I am running iTerm2. I try to do all my bash shell configuration in <code>/etc/bashrc</code>. This way I get the same bash terminal behavior regardless of which user account I am logged in on. The contents of <code>/etc/bashrc</code> is</p> <pre><code># System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells. if [ -z "$PS1" ]; then return fi #PS1='\h:\W \u\$ ' # Make bash check its window size after a process completes shopt -s checkwinsize # ALL OF THE BELOW ADDED BY DEONOMO ON 2011-04-25 # custom prompt PROMPT_HOSTNAME='MindRoot' PROMPT_COLOR='0;35m' # If I am root, set the prompt to bright red if [ ${UID} -eq 0 ]; then PROMPT_COLOR='1;31m' fi PS1='\[\e]1;${PROMPT_HOSTNAME}\a\e]2;${PROMPT_HOSTNAME}:${PWD}\a\ \e[${PROMPT_COLOR}\]\ [\u@${PROMPT_HOSTNAME} \w]\n \#\$ \ \[\e[m\]' #PS1="\e[0;45m\w:$ " # added by Deonomo on 2011/09/12 in order to have textmate work as default editor export EDITOR='mate -w' # added by Deonomo on 2012-01-11 in order to start a dev/bash_scripts directory export PATH="$PATH:~/dev/bash_scripts" </code></pre>
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    1. COCan you try running the script as `./nametab.sh Hellooo`? Or add a line to script to make sure it has been run at all.
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    2. COEvidently I can't put code in the comments box, *sigh* Basically, I added the lines <code>echo "trying to rename the current tab"</code> and <code>echo "finished"</code> right before and after the line that reads <code>echo -ne "\033]0;"$@"\007"</code>. Now when I run the script it just prints those two lines ("trying to rename the current tab" and then "finished"), but my tab name does not change.
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    3. COI added the lines 'echo "trying to rename the current tab"' and 'echo "finished"' right before and after the line that reads 'echo -ne "\033]0;"$@"\007"'. Now when I run the script it just prints those two lines ("trying to rename the current tab" and then "finished"), but my tab name does not change.
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