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rename tmux window name to prompt_command, ps1 or remote ssh hostname?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202645976 views
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I would love to be able to have my tmux window title automatically renamed to prompt_command, ps1 or just the hostname of a machine I to. having 9 windows opened labeled "ssh" is really useless. Doing sysadmin work I open new screens and ssh around to much to manually rename them. One thing I notic…

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Fix for: rename tmux window name to prompt_command, ps1 or remote ssh hostname?

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This is the proper way to set tmux titles in a window. The $TMUX_PANE variable is set by tmux and is used to differentiate between different panes.

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