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bash/zsh aliases for setting iTerm2 tab colors
alias tred='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;255N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;128N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;128N^G\a"'
alias torange='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;255N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;192N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;128N^G\a"'
alias tyellow='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;255N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;255N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;128N^G\a"'
alias tgreen='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;128N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;255N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;128N^G\a"'
alias tcyan='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;128N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;255N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;255N^G\a"'
alias tblue='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;128N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;128N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;255N^G\a"'
alias tmagenta='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;255N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;128N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;255N^G\a"'
alias tpurple='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;192N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;128N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;255N^G\a"'
alias twhite='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;255N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;255N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;255N^G\a"'
alias tgray='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;128N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;128N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;128N^G\a"'
alias tlgray='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;192N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;192N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;192N^G\a"'
alias tdgray='echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;64N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;64N^G\a" && echo -en "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;64N^G\a"'
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praad commented Apr 26, 2019

Is there any way to reset the tab color?

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