i am trying to set a title ("test") on the window I am opening with xterm (xterm -title "test"). It isn't working. How can I fix this?

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You might check that the title isn't being overwritten by something in your .bash or .profile - there exists an escape sequence to set window title which might be embedded in your prompt or something else that is displayed.

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