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*I run this with byobu as as a custom status bar entry that runs every 10 seconds by putting it in a script here:
.byobu/bin/10_update_windows
There's no output to stdout, so nothing is displayed on the status bar.
*Presumes that #{pane_title} is set to the hostname or prompt containing the host name. In my case, it's in this format:
$USER@$HOSTNAME:$PWD
The sed commands may need to be modified if your pane_title is different.
*If you want to strip out a common part of a hostname, add the following before '| uniq'
-e 's/[COMMON PART]//'
I use that to strip out the domain of the servers I connect to, leaving the subdomain.