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How does this script for naming iTerm tabs work?
$ nametab New tab name

#!/bin/bash

# A simple script which will name a tab in iTerm
# usage:
# $ nametab New tab name

echo -ne "33]0;"$@"07"

chmod u+x nametab.sh

echo TERM=$TERM

TERM=xterm-256color

echo $PATH

.:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:~/dev/bash_scripts

cat ~/dev/bash_scripts/nametab.sh

#!/bin/bash

# A simple script which will name a tab in iTerm
# usage:
# $ nametab NewTabName

echo "trying to rename the current tab to $@"
echo -ne "33]0;"$@"07"
echo "finished"

nametab.sh hellooooo

trying to rename the current tab to helloooo
finished

MindRoot (bash)

# System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells.
if [ -z "$PS1" ]; then
   return
fi

#PS1='h:W u$ '
# Make bash check its window size after a process completes
shopt -s checkwinsize

# ALL OF THE BELOW ADDED BY DEONOMO ON 2011-04-25

# custom prompt
PROMPT_HOSTNAME='MindRoot'
PROMPT_COLOR='0;35m'

# If I am root, set the prompt to bright red
if [ ${UID} -eq 0 ]; then
PROMPT_COLOR='1;31m'
fi

PS1='[e]1;${PROMPT_HOSTNAME}ae]2;${PROMPT_HOSTNAME}:${PWD}a
e[${PROMPT_COLOR}]
[u@${PROMPT_HOSTNAME} w]n #$
[e[m]'

#PS1="e[0;45mw:$ "

# added by Deonomo on 2011/09/12 in order to have textmate work as default editor
export EDITOR='mate -w'

# added by Deonomo on 2012-01-11 in order to start a dev/bash_scripts directory
export PATH="$PATH:~/dev/bash_scripts"