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<H2><A NAME="s7">7. Appendix: examples in other languages</A></H2>
<P>It may be useful to write a small program to print an argument to
the title using the <CODE>xterm</CODE> escapes. Some examples are provided
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<H2><A NAME="ss7.1">7.1 C</A>
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#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
printf("%c]0;%s%c", '\033', argv[1], '\007');
return(0);
}
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<H2><A NAME="ss7.2">7.2 Perl</A>
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#!/usr/bin/perl
print "\033]0;@ARGV\007";
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