= How to change xterm's cursor to an I-beam or vertical bar =

Posting the answer I found so others can find the answer as well.

You can change the cursor by inserting one of the following lines in your ~/.bashrc file (if you use bash):

    echo -e -n "\x1b[\x30 q" # changes to blinking block
    echo -e -n "\x1b[\x31 q" # changes to blinking block also
    echo -e -n "\x1b[\x32 q" # changes to steady block
    echo -e -n "\x1b[\x33 q" # changes to blinking underline
    echo -e -n "\x1b[\x34 q" # changes to steady underline
    echo -e -n "\x1b[\x35 q" # changes to blinking bar
    echo -e -n "\x1b[\x36 q" # changes to steady bar

References:

https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/issues/detail?id=2248