How to set iTerm2 window and tab bar to show current path

I tend not to use tabs and instead have a bunch of windows so I originally wanted to know how I could set my window title bar to show the current path, but in this post I’ll share how to do both in iTerm2.

Here is a screenshot of the iTerm2 Preferences window showing Profiles -> Window.

Screenshot of iTerm2 Preferences Window showing how to set custom window title and custom tab title

For custom window title you’ll set \(currentTab.currentSession.path).

For custom tab title you’ll set \(currentSession.path).

And that’s it!

Here’s what it would look like in iTerm2:

Screenshot of iTerm2 with custom window and tab titles

And here’s the Stack Overflow question I found that solved this for me. Wanted to blog about it so that I remember how to do this in the future.