Title (command)

In computing, title is a command that changes the title for the Microsoft Windows Command Prompt window.It is a shell builtin of the command line interpreter cmd.exe.The default title is defined in the %COMSPEC% environment variable. [http://www.ss64.com/nt/title.html] However, since the Win32 console title can also be defined in the program shortcut, the title is usually set to "Command Prompt".

yntax

title []

Arguments:
* Specifies the title of the Command Prompt window.

Example

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 offtitle Updating filescopy \servershare*.txt c:documents*.txtecho Files updatedtitle Command Prompt

ee also

*Win32 console

References

External links

* [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732308.aspx Microsoft TechNet Title article]