In Ubuntu 14.10 LTS, I was able to set a terminal tab's title simply by right-clicking and choosing Set Title. This was using the default terminal application, gnome-terminal
.
In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I can no longer set the title, and the terminal application is still gnome-terminal
. The option Set Title is no longer in the menu.
Was this feature removed sometime between 14.10 and 16.04? How can I set a terminal tab's title in Ubuntu 16.04?
Best Answer
The option to set the terminal title has been deprecated in 16.04 LTS, however there is still a way to set the title. Edit your
~/.bashrc
file and add the following lines:After that close and reopen the terminal or source your
.bashrc
(command:source ~/.bashrc
) and you can set the title by simply typing:The solution I found here and using it myself since I run on 16.04 LTS.