Fancy xterm title: in bash: # # fancy window title for xterms # if [ $TERM = 'xterm' ]; then export PROMPT_COMMAND="echo -e \"\\033[?7h\\033]0;`whoami`@`hostname -s`:\`pwd\`\\007\\c\""; fi in tcsh: set prompt="%S%n@%m%s %~ %T %h\n %#%#"