Add name for the current tab of Terminal in Mac OS X

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#Set a custom name for the current Tab on Mac OS X terminal

Open your ~/.bash_profile file and add the following lines:

function tabname {
	printf "\e]1;$1\a"
}

Then, save the file and close the editor and invoke source ~/.bash_profileon a terminal window.

From now on, you can set a name to your tab simply using

tabname aSingleWordName

or

tabname "a multiple words name"

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