Update: 1-Aug-2019: The example mentioned in this post is now redundant. Use iTerm's status bar instead.
iTerm2 is a very powerful replacement to the built-in terminal. You can read more about why here.
This post will focus on one specific functionality I recently explored and found useful: Badges and is meant for beginners unfamiliar with iTerm2
Hello World
Let's start with a "Hello World" example.
- Go to "iTerm2 > Preferences > Profiles"
- Add the text "HelloWorld" to the input "General -> Basics -> Badge"
- If you open up a new iTerm2 window, you should now see this:
This badge will be displayed in each tab. Split the window into two tabs and this is what you'll see.
Now lets make the badge display something useful like the name of the user and the machine. To do this, we'll first need to install Shell Integration
Now, go back to the Preferences panel and change the Badge to
\(session.username)@\(session.hostname)
iTerm will now display a more useful badge
Important: The "Install Shell Integration" step will have to be done on each host you ssh into before you'll see the correct label.
Enjoy,
Vivek.
P.S: Badges also support more advanced features like user-defined variables. Experiment with them to get the look-and-feel you need. All you need to know is some basic bash scripting
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