How to change the title of an xterm: Appendix: examples in other languages

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## 7. Appendix: examples in other languages

It may be useful to write a small program to print an argument to the title using the `xterm` escapes. Some examples are provided below.

## 7.1 C

> `

>     #include <stdio.h>

>     int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
>       printf("%c]0;%s%c", '\033', argv[1], '\007');
>       return(0);
>     }

> `

## 7.2 Perl

> `

>     #!/usr/bin/perl
>     print "\033]0;@ARGV\007";

> `

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