examples/scripts/xterm_title

   1 #! /bin/bash
   2 #
   3 # xterm_title - print the contents of the xterm title bar
   4 #
   5 # Derived from http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey/xterm/xterm.faq.html#how2_title
   6 #
   7 P=${0##*/}
   8 [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && {
   9         echo "${P}: not running X" >&2
  10         exit 1
  11 }
  12
  13 if [ -z "$TERM" ] || [ "$TERM" != "xterm" ]; then
  14         echo "${P}: not running in an xterm" >&2
  15         exit 1
  16 fi
  17
  18 exec </dev/tty
  19 old=$(stty -g)
  20 stty raw -echo min 0  time ${1-10}
  21 echo -e "\033[21t\c" > /dev/tty
  22 IFS='' read -r a
  23 stty $old
  24 b=${a#???}
  25 echo "${b%??}"
  26
  27 exit 0