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Change the title of a term and get it
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change-title.sh
#
# to set the title of the current terminal. (tested on OSX, but should work on linux terminal too)
#
echo -e "\033]0;This is my title\a"
#
# To get the title (OSX)
#
title=`osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to get name of front window'`
echo $title
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