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Is there a way to name a terminal window or even better give each tab a name. at the moment they just get the underlying process name : for example a tab running elasticsearch gets the name java

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You can use @bubu 's solution, or you can right click on the tab, select "Inspect Tab", and set the title from there.

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Or press Cmd-I to get the inspector. – Daniel Beck♦ Dec 18 '10 at 5:16
Shift-Command-I (Shell > Edit Title) also shows the Inspector and will ensure it selects the Info pane. – Chris Page Aug 21 '11 at 7:59
As of Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Terminal's Inspector also supports setting the tab title separately from the window title. – Chris Page Aug 21 '11 at 8:09
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Well. 

echo -n -e "\033]0;In soviet russia, the title bar sets you\007"

will set your title to "In soviet russia, the title bar sets you"

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Or, even shorter, you can use echo -ne instead of echo -n -e. – Wuffers Dec 18 '10 at 4:03
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Seems to me that the soviet russia jokes are not well received here... – bubu Jun 7 '11 at 1:23
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Note that "0" sets both the window and the tab title. As of Mac OS X Lion 10.7, you can set them independently, using "1" (tab title) and "2" (window title). – Chris Page Aug 21 '11 at 8:02
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I recommend using printf instead of echo, because it's simpler and more portable (the "-n" option is not defined in POSIX): printf '\e]0;...\a' – Chris Page Aug 21 '11 at 8:07

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