shell-terminal-title

Universal shell script that adds a title command for setting terminal window titles in both Zsh and Bash.

Features

• title "Your Title" sets a custom terminal title.
• Re-applies your custom title before each prompt so other prompt hooks do not overwrite it.
• Works in both Zsh and Bash.

Install

1. Copy termtitle.sh to a location such as ~/bin/termtitle.sh.
2. Source it from your shell config:

Zsh (~/.zshrc)

source ~/bin/termtitle.sh

Bash (~/.bashrc)

source ~/bin/termtitle.sh

3. Reload your shell:

source ~/.zshrc
# or
source ~/.bashrc

Usage

title "My Session"

Notes

• In Bash, the script appends a refresher to PROMPT_COMMAND and removes default PS1 title escape sequences.
• In Zsh, the script installs a precmd hook.