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Set a new iterm2 tab color for each session
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| echo ' | |
| # Set iTerm2 tab/title “chrome” color (RGB values 0–255) | |
| iterm_tabcolor() { | |
| local colors=( | |
| "255 0 0" # Red | |
| "0 255 0" # Green | |
| "0 0 255" # Blue | |
| "255 255 0" # Yellow | |
| "0 255 255" # Cyan | |
| "255 0 255" # Magenta | |
| "192 192 192" # Silver | |
| "128 128 128" # Gray | |
| "128 0 0" # Maroon | |
| "128 128 0" # Olive | |
| "0 128 0" # Dark Green | |
| "128 0 128" # Purple | |
| "0 128 128" # Teal | |
| "0 0 128" # Navy | |
| ) | |
| local color=(${(s: :)colors[$RANDOM % ${#colors[@]} + 1]}) | |
| printf '\''\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;%d\a'\'' $color[1] | |
| printf '\''\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;%d\a'\'' $color[2] | |
| printf '\''\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;%d\a'\'' $color[3] | |
| } | |
| # Reset to default | |
| iterm_tabcolor_reset() { | |
| printf '\''\033]6;1;bg;*;default\a'\'' | |
| } | |
| # Set a random color for each new session | |
| iterm_tabcolor | |
| ' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc |
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