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In article <C17oFA.Hq2@cs.uiuc.edu>, schwager@mike.cs.uiuc.edu (Mike Schwager) writes:
|> 
|> Ladees and Germs,
|> How would I set the icon title for an xterm, from that xterm.  I already
|> know how to reset the titlebar title, but I forgot where I got that
|> information from.... if you could point me to where you got your info from,
|> that would be appreciated.  I tried to do a man xterm to no avail.  Thanks!
|> -Mike Schwager
|> -Mike
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|> University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., for whom I do not speak
|> 

One way to do it dynamically is...

echo "^[]2;string^G	# to set the xterm title bar, and...
echo "^[]1;string^G	# to set the icon name.

where ^[ is escape and ^G is ctrl-G. You can of course use this inside
scripts etc. You can also alias 'cd' to change the title bar to the
current working directory etc. 101 uses.

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