The K Desktop Environment

3.6. Command-line options

When is started from the command-line, various options can be specified to modify it's behavior

--help

List the various options

--name

Set the name that appears in the titlebar

--ls

Start a login shell

--nowelcome

Suppress the "Welcome to " message that normally appears in the titlebar

--title

Set the window title

--nohist

Disable the saving of lines that scroll off the top of the window

--notoolbar

Start without a toolbar

--vt_sz CCxLL

Start a terminal window of CC Columns and LL lines

-e <command>

Execute <command> instead of shell

For instance:


 bash$ konsole --vt_sz 90x25 --nohist

starts a window with 90 columns and 25 rows, with no history


also accepts generic and KDE options:

--author

Show the author(s) names

--V

Show the version number

--help-qt

List Qt-specific options

--help-kde

List KDE-specific options

--help-all

Lists all option