Gnome-terminal tabs descriptions

[Raseel Bhagat]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:50 AM, Evan <evangerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> I currently use gnome-terminal to ssh to Cisco and Juniper devices.
> When I'm telnetted into various devices I cannot tell which devices
> I'm in through the tabs.  Is there a way that the gnome-terminal title
> window can dynamically show devices that it is telnetted to?


If you do not have too many tabs open, you can manually go to "Terminal ->
Set Title" and set the required title.
Otherwise, you can modify the Prompt String (PS1) which usually set as the
title.
See
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell-setup-prompt.htmlon
what you can set the PS1 to.

Thanks,
Raseel
http://www.raseel.in
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