Command-line Options

When Konsole is started from the command-line, various options can be specified to modify its behavior.

--help: List the various options.
-e command: Execute command instead of the normal shell.
Note
Any arguments after command will be passed to command, not Konsole.
--keytab file: Start Konsole using a specified .keytab file to customize key bindings.
--keytabs: List all of the available keytabs.
--ls: Start with a login shell environment. What that does varies depending on your system, but generally it means that files such as ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile will be read. (If that doesn't mean anything to you, don't worry about it, but keep in the back of your mind for when you realize you need it.)
--name name: Set the name that appears in the titlebar.
--noclose: Prevent Konsole from closing when an exit command is issued in the only session window.
--noframe: Start Konsole without a frame.
--nohist: Disable the saving of lines that scroll off the top of the window.
--nomenubar: Start Konsole with the menubar hidden.
--noresize: Disable the resizing of the terminal window.
--noscrollbar: Start Konsole with the scrollbar hidden.
--notabbar: Start Konsole with the tabbar hidden.
--noxft: Start Konsole without Xft antialiasing. Antialiasing of a small font may be difficult to read.
--profile file: Start Konsole using a saved set of sessions.
--profiles: List all of the available profiles.
--schema name | file: Start Konsole using schema 'name' or specified in 'file' to customize appearance.
--schemata: List all of the available schemata.
--script: Enable extended DCOP Qt™ functions.
-T title: Set the window title.
--tn terminal: Sets the environment variable TERM to the specified value. Read man xterm for more information on TERM.
--type type: Start a session of the given type rather than the default.
--types: List all of the available session types.
--vt_sz CCxLL: Start a terminal window of CC Columns and LL lines.
--workdir dir: Open with dir as the working folder.

Examples:

% konsole --vt_sz 90x25 --nohist

Starts a Konsole window with 90 columns and 25 rows, with no history

% konsole --noclose -e echo_args Hello, thanks for using Konsole!

Starts a Konsole window with the text printed 'Hello, thanks for using Konsole!'

The echo_args is a simple Bash script:

#!/bin/bash
echo $*

Konsole also accepts generic Qt™ and KDE options:

--help-qt: List Qt™-specific options

Caution

The following Qt™ options have no effect on Konsole:

--fn, --font fontname: Defines the application font
--bg, --background color: Sets the default background color
--fg, --foreground color: Sets the default foreground color
--btn, --button color: Sets the default button color

--help-kde: List KDE-specific options
--help-all: List all options
--author: Show the authors' names
-v,--version: Show the version number
--license: Show license information

Command-line Options

Note

Caution