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set iTerm2 tab chrome background color according to the current working directory
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| function auto_set_tab_chrome_background_color { | |
| # Red component value is calculated from the full path of current directory | |
| RR=`pwd | wc -m` | |
| let RR=(RR%25)*10 | |
| # Green component value is calculated from the basename of current directory | |
| GG=`basename \`pwd\` | wc -m` | |
| let GG=(GG%25)*10*2 | |
| # Blue component value is calculated from the full total files and directories count under this directory | |
| BB=`ls | wc -l` | |
| let BB=(BB%25)*10 | |
| # start to set background color of tab chrome | |
| # Documents: http://iterm2.com/documentation-escape-codes.html | |
| echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;${RR}\a" # -n: ignore newline | |
| echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;${GG}\a" | |
| echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;${BB}\a" | |
| } |
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| function cd { | |
| # actually change the directory with all args passed to the function | |
| builtin cd "$@" | |
| auto_set_tab_chrome_background_color; | |
| } | |
| # should append this line to ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile so that the function will get running | |
| # when each time you open a new shell window | |
| auto_set_tab_chrome_background_color; |
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