Set screen-title from shellscript

Question

Is it possible to set the Screen Title using a shell script?

I thought about something like sending the key commands ctrl+A shift-

Answer 1

Try the below commands, no need to edit any file or configuration like ~/.bashrc, Can be used at runtime.

Set static text as title: (My Title)

export PS1='\[\e]0;My Title\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '

Set local/global variable as title: ($USER)

export PS1='\[\e]0;$USER\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '

Set command output as title: (hostname)

export PS1='\[\e]0;`hostname`\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '

Set to default (Revert back):

export PS1='\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '