Set terminal window title in a script I would like to change the entire title of the terminal window for a particular bash script. I googled out but I couldn't find much more than this suggestion:

printf "\e]0;My Custom Title\a"


After running the line above, my terminal window's title becomes so:

ft1 — My Custom Title — bash — 80×24

But I would like it to become just like this:

My Custom Title

Any ideas?
Open the preferences for Terminal and untick the following flags



If this alone doesn't solve the problem


unset PROMPT_COMMAND
check whether PS1 (the prompt string) changes the window title as well