name terminal/tabs

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

Solution 1:

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

Solution 2:

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"

Solution 3:

If you do this frequently, you can make @bubu's answer a function in your bash_profile, like so:

tab() {
    echo -ne "\033]0;$*\007"   
}

And then just call it followed by the tab name, e.g. tab Tab Title with Spaces!