Change gnome-terminal title to reflect the current directory?

since gnome-terminal uses the same control commands as xterm this page might be helpful.

Xterm Title for bash and other shells

TL;DR:

add following to your .bashrc

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;$(basename ${PWD})\007"' will display only the current directory as the title