On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Alan Young <alansyoung...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 20:17, Asif Iqbal <vad...@gmail.com> wrote: >> How do I change the title of a screen window (tab) dynamically, to >> match the hostname I ssh to ? > > I created a file of aliases for all of the servers I connect to: > > alias server='echo -e "\ekservername\e\\" && ssh server <ssh options> > && echo -e "\ekbash\e\\"' > > (all on one line) This will change the window title (akin to Ctrl-A > Shift-A) to the servername and back again when I exit that server. An > actual line (with ip obscured) looks like this: > > alias archivedb='echo -e "\ekarchivedb\e\\" && ssh aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd -p > 24021 -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no -t "screen -RDl" && echo -e > "\ekbash\e\\"' > -- > Alan
This is what I was looking for. http://www.tenshu.net/screen_ssh/ > -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
