Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.6) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages OS: Linux something like: konsole -S session_name somecommand -S session_name_2 "some_other_command -with arguments" -S session_name_3 this would start up konsole with two tabs (sessions) and sessions 1 and 2 would execute commands while session 3 would not.
Try: --tabs-from-file <file> Create tabs as specified in given tabs configuration file You could combine that w/ sending commands via dbus