From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (mailsrv.cs.umass.edu [128.119.240.136]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A64C53857BBD for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:17:28 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org A64C53857BBD Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cs.umass.edu Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cs.umass.edu Received: from [192.168.50.148] (c-24-62-201-179.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.62.201.179]) by mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2A8704025EF5; Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:17:28 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Subject: Re: I got a '~' showing up as the Title of my Window To: "Kevin M. Wilson" , "cygwin@cygwin.com" References: <821097617.2117858.1657903471527.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <821097617.2117858.1657903471527@mail.yahoo.com> From: Eliot Moss Message-ID: <035eeebd-d9b4-42fd-22e6-3e34229e72b8@cs.umass.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:17:27 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <821097617.2117858.1657903471527@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:17:29 -0000 On 7/15/2022 12:44 PM, Kevin M. Wilson via Cygwin wrote: > Greetings,    Well, I've gone and done something, and I don't know how to fix it...Please help! > I start a terminal window on my windows machine, ssh'g to my Linux box. At the top lefthand corner of that window is a tilde, "~bash". The word disappears, leaving behind the 'tilde'. Plus, on the screen next to the prompt, a few seconds later...Another'tilde'. So...Suggestions? > Kevin Presumably this is an xterm (or something like it) and bash (or whatever) is setting the window title. This can be done by sending an escape sequence to the terminal. You might look through the various bash settings regarding that - though I personally control it with my own scripts. Best - EM