Add date and time to Linux terminal title (Gnome Terminal, xterm, urxvt, rxvt)

Updated by on Oct 16, 2010 in Command Line Guides, Linux | 0 comments

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Here is easy way add date and time to Linux terminal title. This trick works at least following terminals Gnome Terminal, xterm, urxvt, rxvt.

Simply type the following command line:

while sleep 1 ; do echo -ne '\033]2;'`date`'\007'; done &

Date and time on terminal title

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