I guess we should use `printf' instead of `echo'.

PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\033]0;%s@%s:%s\007" "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#HOME/~}"'

works for me. Reassigning to setup.

Hello,
  just a small correction: It looks like there is a $ sign missing before HOME. The correct value should look like this:

PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\033]0;%s@%s:%s\007" "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/~}"'

Please be so kind and add a few key words to the technical note of this
bugzilla entry using the following structure:

Cause:

Consequence:

Fix:

Result:


For details, see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=fields.html#cf_release_notes

Thanks

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Cause
    What actions or circumstances induced the feature request.
Consequence
    What action was inhibited by the feature’s absence.
Change
    What was done to implement the feature.
    Note: backported from upstream is not an explanation.
Result
    What now happens when the actions or circumstances above occur.
    Note: this is not the same as the feature request was fulfilled.

These are already present in errata description text ... but ok, adding to technotes field.

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+Under some circumstances (running background process displaying some text), PROMPT_COMMAND environmental variable could cause that the text is shown in the X terminal title, instead of the terminal itself. This was caused by bad design of the PROMPT_COMMAND. Design was improved and single printf was used instead of two separate echo commands, thus preventing the issue.-    What actions or circumstances induced the feature request.
-Consequence
-    What action was inhibited by the feature’s absence.
-Change
-    What was done to implement the feature.
-    Note: backported from upstream is not an explanation.
-Result
-    What now happens when the actions or circumstances above occur.
-    Note: this is not the same as the feature request was fulfilled.

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-Under some circumstances (running background process displaying some text), PROMPT_COMMAND environmental variable could cause that the text is shown in the X terminal title, instead of the terminal itself. This was caused by bad design of the PROMPT_COMMAND. Design was improved and single printf was used instead of two separate echo commands, thus preventing the issue.+Bash provides the environment variable, PROMPT_COMMAND, containing a command that is called when a prompt is displayed. Previously, the PROMPT_COMMAND command used two separate echo commands. Consequently, if a background process returned text, the text might have displayed in the X terminal title rather than the terminal itself. In this updated package, the PROMPT_COMMAND command uses a single printf statement rather than two echo commands, ensuring returned text displays in the shell.

*** Bug 705669 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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