How to change console title?

Question

on windows I have command

title new title name

is it possible on Ubuntu?

Florian Diesch · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-02 12:52:25Z

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Use xtitle (not installed by default):

xtitle new title name

answered May 2, 2011 at 12:52

Florian Diesch

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That did not work on Ubuntu 10.04.
– theTuxRacer
May 2, 2011 at 12:56
Works here on 10.04 after installing xtitle
– Florian Diesch
May 2, 2011 at 14:21
will it work with lxterminal?
– dsaint
May 11, 2011 at 15:17
I guess so. It uses a control sequence introduced by xterm and works with most terminal emulators I used so far - but I've never used lxterminal so I don't know for sure.
– Florian Diesch
May 11, 2011 at 16:08
This is the one I want but it doesn't seem to be working, at least under 11.04 - see askubuntu.com/questions/93185/…
– user9184
Jan 6, 2012 at 1:25

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dsaint · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-02 13:20:28Z

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In 10.04 go to Edit > Profile Preferences and select the "Title and Command" tab and change:

Initial title: any_title_you_like

When title commands set their own titles: Keep initial title enter image description here

answered May 2, 2011 at 13:07

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Jeremy Bicha · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-02 12:57:38Z

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Just click Terminal > Set Title in your Terminal.

answered May 2, 2011 at 12:57

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theTuxRacer · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-02 13:06:13Z

Assuming that by title you mean the text shown in the Titlebar: If you use the gnome-terminal, you can goto Menu > Terminal > Title. It will ask you to set the title for the terminal. However, the name will be lost after you close the terminal.
Assuming you want to change the name@hosts:~$ bit because of a mis-spelling. Well, thats a wee lil' bit complicated. There are three parts to it, your username, your hostname, and the current directory. You can change the username by executing

usermod --login NewUserName

You can change the hostname by editing the contents of the /etc/hostname. Just type

sudo nano --nonewlines /etc/hostname

And third, your current directory environment variable will keep changing according to the well, current directory :p

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