Developer(s) | Microsoft, JP Software, ReactOS Contributors |
---|---|
Operating system | Windows, ReactOS |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Command |
License | Windows, TCC:
Proprietary
commercial software ReactOS: GPL v2 |
In
computing, title
is a
command in various
command-line interpreters (
shells) on
Microsoft Windows and
ReactOS
[1] that changes the title for the graphical
terminal emulator window. The command is also used within
DFS and
ADFS to change the title of the disc in the current
drive.
[2]
In case of Microsoft Windows it is a
shell builtin of the command-line interpreter
cmd.exe
.
[3] The command is available in
Windows 2000 and later.
[4]
It is compatible with
Windows Console and
Windows Terminal.
The default window title is defined in the %COMSPEC% environment variable. [5] However, since the Windows Console title can also be defined in the program shortcut, the title is usually set to "Command Prompt".
The command is also available in the Command Processor Shell of Windows Embedded CE [6] and in the Take Command Console. [7]
Although the
OS/2 command shell is closely related to the Windows Command Prompt, the title
command is not available in the OS/2 version of cmd.exe
. The default title of the OS/2 shell window is "OS/2 Window". It can be changed using the
start
command.
The
ReactOS Command Prompt also includes the title
command to set the
window title for the command prompt window.
The command also is not available in the
macOS
Terminal. Instead, the
echo
command can be used in combination with special
escape sequences.
[8]
Within the
GNU GRUB command processor title
is one of several menu-specific commands. It is used to start a new
boot entry.
[9]
title [<String>]
Arguments:
<String>
Specifies the title of the Command Prompt window.The following
batch file changes the title of the Command Prompt window to "Updating files" while the
copy
command is being executed. After the command is executed, the text "Files updated" is displayed using the
echo
command, and the title of the Command Prompt window is changed back to "Command Prompt".
@echo off
title Updating files
copy \\server\share\*.txt c:\documents\*.txt
echo Files updated
title Command Prompt