how to change a title of a xterm running csh

[Boyd Kodama]

In HP-UX 10.20, how can one change the title of one's xterm?
The xterm is running csh.

thanks

[Brian M. Fisher]

When you start the xterm use the -title option.
i.e. xterm -title "HP ITRC"

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[Boyd Kodama]

Sorry,

The xterm whose title I want to change is already started.

For the example,
xterm -title "STARTING"

after some processes are done, I want the title to say "COMPLETED"

[Victor BERRIDGE]

But if you wish to see the

[Brian M. Fisher]

I should have read your question more carefully. To CHANGE the title:
echo "033];new title007"

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[Brian M. Fisher]

I forgot about the backslash problem in the ITRC:
echo "\033];New Title\007"

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[Boyd Kodama]

Didn't work.
That echo command just echo out what was in the quotes.
The title of the xterm is still the same.


btw, to have a backslash appear in a message, what must one do?

[Brian M. Fisher]

The command I gave you only seems to work in a posix or k shell. Is it possible to change the shell to issue the command?
To get a backslash to appear use two backslashes together.

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[Mike Stroyan]

There are many dtterm escape sequences documented by "man 5 dtterm". Several of those are common to xterm. The escape sequences to change the window title and icon name are common.

[Mike Stroyan]

The csh problem is caused by the shell's builtin echo command. That can be worked around by using /bin/echo instead of echo.

[Brian M. Fisher · Accepted solution]

Mike is correct.
Use the following syntax:
/bin/echo "\033];New Title\007"

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[Boyd Kodama]

thank you.

I'm all set now.

[Alan Riggs]

I like this trick. The escape sequences, unfortunately, do not transfer to hpterm. Does anyone know how to do the same trick with an hpterm?

[Brian M. Fisher]

For the HPterm window. The following
example will change the title while in the ksh:
title=mytitle
echo "\033&f0k${#title}D${title}\c"

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[Alan Riggs]

Thank you, Brian -- I can't assugn points here, so I am opening a new thread to reward you appropriately. (Which I probably should have done originally.)