---
name: "xtitle"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xtitle"
version: "1.0.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xtitle"
---

# xtitle(1)

set window title and icon name for an X11 terminal window

## NAME

xtitle - set window title and icon name for an X11 terminal window

## SYNOPSIS

**xtitle** \[ **-tiq** \] \[ **--** \] *string ...* \| \[ **-V** \] \[ **-h** \]

## DESCRIPTION

*Xtitle* will set the window title and/or the icon name of the terminal window in which it is run to be its command line arguments. It does this by outputting the appropriate [*xterm*(1)](/xterm/1.md) control sequence characters. Unless suppressed, *xtitle* will also report the settings it has made.

## OPTIONS

- \-t, --title

  Only set the window title. Default sets both.

- \-i, --icon

  Only set the icon name. Default sets both.

- \-q, --quiet

  Quiet mode. Doesn't report the settings performed.

- \-V, --version

  Only prints the program version.

- \-h, --help

  Prints a helpful usage message.

- \--

  Interprets all following arguments as strings instead of options.

## CAVEATS

*Xtitle* is known to work with [*xterm*(1)](/xterm/1.md) and *dtterm*(1). The effect of the control sequences in other terminals is not known, though I wouldn't expect any problems.

## VERSION

1\.0.4

## AUTHOR

Steve Kinzler, kinzler@cs.indiana.edu, Nov 1993/Nov 1998/Mar 2000/Dec 2009

## URL

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/xtitle/

## SEE ALSO

[xterm(1)](/xterm/1.md), dtterm(1)