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Set tmux pane title to short hostname on ssh connections
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set-tmux-title
ssh() {
if [ "$(ps -p $(ps -p $$ -o ppid=) -o comm=)" = "tmux" ]; then
tmux rename-window "$(echo $* | cut -d . -f 1)"
command ssh "$@"
tmux set-window-option automatic-rename "on" 1>/dev/null
else
command ssh "$@"
fi
}
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nippyin commented Jun 13, 2021 •
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Could you please share where would I place this code ? I pasted this in my ~/.zshrc file and ssh to a server but I didn't see remote host name anywhere.

Note: I do have ~/.tmux.config file which have few keybindings.

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