Terminal. Strange name in TERMINAL

Can you imagine how this second name in my macbook blew me away?!?
Seriously, like really creepy

sudo scutil --set HostName whatever-you-want
If that doesn't work, the hostname is being set to the result of a reverse lookup of your IP address on a local DNS server, most likely your gateway.

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The new version of Guake (0.4.3) implemented 'Better Tab Titling'. This means that instead of a new tab name being 'Terminal #' (where # is an auto incrementing integer), it instead forced the title to be equal to the VTE prompt.
My issues were that there was no way to set a preference to switch back (as I prefer the simple tab name) and that tab names could/would take a very large amount of space (as it would put my whole username@server:/path/to/where/i/am/at).
So I figured out how to fix and thought I'd share in case anyone else would like to switch back:
NOTE: I believe python is spacing-sensitive (please correct me if I'm wrong). All the lines (added/edited) are indented 8 spaces.
edit /usr/bin/guake
find: self.selected_tab = None
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# holds the number of created tabs. This counter will not be
# reset to avoid problems of repeated tab names.
self.tab_counter = 0
find: def on_terminal_title_changed(self, vte, box):
after that line add:
return
find: Adding a new radio button to the tabbar
the next line will read:
label = box.terminal.get_window_title() or _("Terminal")
change to:
label = box.terminal.get_window_title() or _('Terminal %s') % self.tab_counter
find self.tabs.pack_start(bnt, expand=False, padding=1)
after that line add:
self.tab_counter += 1
After editing the file, restart Guake for the change to take effect.
Beemer

I have been using Guake for years and I think the tab bar is in the way. I disabled it a very long time ago and didn't look back.
Here are the shortcuts that I use:
"~" to toggle it.
Ctrl+T for a new tab (just like in Firefox, Chromium).
F1 and F2 for next and previous tab.
F3 close tab.
Basically, I don't need more than two tabs at a time; three tops, in very rare cases.
Hope it helps.

After OSX v10.8.2 Supplemental update of 11/2012, whenever I try to open Terminal app I get "Terminal quit unexpectedly".

I get Terminal quit unexpectedly with the an error trace as shown below. As far as the app should be concerned it is being opened for the first time as this is a new profile and the following user preference file isn't present ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist.
Just incase the image file isn't all too legible. I see
Process:         Terminal [12514]
Path:            /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal
Identifier:      com.apple.Terminal
Version:         2.1.2 (273.1)
Build Info:      Terminal-2730100~3
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [245]
User ID:         502
Date/Time:       2012-12-21 08:01:18.389 -0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
Report Version: 10
Sleep/Wake UUID: 75244423-B220-4B88-B699-1172FDB98D7A
Interval Since Last Report:          106549 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           18
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 8 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   4
Anonymous UUID:                      1C8287C5-CAD9-BDFF-3C55-A389CC64543F
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Cannot find value transformer with name TTBookmarkDataToURLTransformer'
terminate called throwing an exception
abort() called
Application Specific Backtrace 1:
0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff95c800a6 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff9855f3f0 objc_exception_throw + 43
2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff95c7fee8 +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 104
3   AppKit                              0x00007fff8e2b362c -[_NSBindingInfo valueTransformer] + 169
4   AppKit                              0x00007fff8e2b6196 -[NSValueBinder _isExplicitlyNonEditable] + 44
5   AppKit                              0x00007fff8e2b6119 -[NSValueBinder objectValueSupportsEnabledState:] + 29
6   AppKit                              0x00007fff8e2b5bf4 -[NSValueBinder _adjustObject:mode:observedController:observedKeyPath:context:editableState:adj ustState:] + 952
7   AppKit                              0x00007fff8e2b572c -[NSValueBinder _observeValueForKeyPath:ofObject:context:] + 192
8   AppKit                              0x00007fff8e2aa779 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueBindingCreation) bind:toObject:withKeyPath:options:] + 641
9   AppKit                              0x00007fff8e13317a -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1012
10 AppKit                              0x00007fff8e1121fd loadNib + 317
11 AppKit                              0x00007fff8e111729 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 219

The only way I resolved this was to copy the file: $Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist. from my old profile.

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What will be the peoplesoft query to calculate voluntary termination count and involuntary termination count? I am working on OBIA HR analytics workforce deployment reports and need to validate the reports

what will be the peoplesoft query to calculate voluntary termination count and involuntary termination count? I am working on OBIA HR analytics workforce deployment reports and need to validate the reports. I also want to know the tables involved

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Part A:
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The tabs in terminal show the current shell. Is there a way to change the tab name to something else?

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Eustace Mendis wrote:
Take it back to the Apple store where you bought it and ask them to explain what is going on.
That is absolutely not necessary!
I see 2015developer has solved his problem, but just to reiterate... the hostname can be controlled by the network. Some honor the name chosen by the user, in System Preferences -> Sharing -> Computer Name. Some assign a different name. This is entirely normal, and not signs of a hack or an indication that the computer should be returned to Apple.

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That is a reflection of what your DHCP server wants your host name to be. Most people just set a custom prompt that keeps the name you want.

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I've only recently got a macbook pro and I don't know much about it so apologies if this is a stupid question!
I looked at terminal today and the information on it has completely changed. Upon startup it says this:
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The normal template for the command prompt in the terminal is something like:
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