I usually have 5 or more ssh connections to various servers, and putting this command in my .bash_profile file makes my putty window or x terminal window title change to this easily recognizable and descriptive text. Includes the username, group, server hostname, where I am connecting from (for SSH tunneling), which device pts, current server load, and how many processes are running.
You can also use this for your PROMPT_COMMAND variable, which updates the window title to the current values each time you exec a command.
I prefix running this in my .bash_profile with
[[ ! -z "$SSH_TTY" ]] &&
which makes sure it only does this when connecting via SSH with a TTY.
Here's some rougher examples from http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html
# If set, the value is executed as a command prior to issuing each primary prompt.
#H=$((hostname || uname -n) 2>/dev/null | sed 1q);W=$(whoami)
#export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${W}@${H}:${PWD/#$HOME/~} ${SSH_TTY/\/dev\//} [`uptime|sed -e "s/.*: \([^,]*\).*/\1/" -e "s/ //g"`]\007"'
#PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;`id -un`:`id -gn`@`hostname||uname -n 2>/dev/null|sed 1q` `command who -m|sed -e "s%^.* \(pts/[0-9]*\).*(\(.*\))%[\1] (\2)%g"` [`uptime|sed -e "s/.*: \([^,]*\).*/\1/" -e "s/ //g"` / `command ps aux|wc -l`]\007"'
#[[ -z "$SSH_TTY" ]] || export PROMPT_COMMAND
#[[ -z "$SSH_TTY" ]] && [[ -f /dev/stdout ]] && SSH_TTY=/dev/stdout
And here's a simple function example for setting the title:
function set_window_title(){ echo -e "\033]0; ${1:-$USER@$HOST - $SHLVL} \007"; }
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An easy function to get a process tree listing (very detailed) for all the processes of any gived user. This function is also in my http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html Show Sample Output
* Replace USERNAME with the desired svn username * Replace the first YYYY-MM-DD with the date you want to get the log (this starts at the midnight event that starts this date) * Replace the second YYYY-MM-DD with the date after you want to get the log (this will end the log scan on midnight of the previous day) Example, if I want the log for December 10, 2010, I would put {2010-12-10}:{2010-12-11} Show Sample Output
Its possible to user a simple regex to extract de username from the finger command. The final echo its optional, just for remove the initial space Show Sample Output
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