How to launch a KDE konsole with multiple tabs running various progs?

Question

I know how to start a Konsole with one executable running in it, and leave the Konsole open after the program ends. I can do this using a .desktop file and change s

Answer 1

I did some more digging and found and even more "subjectively" beautiful answer. Goal: start empty shell, music player and screen session running irssi in 3 different tabs in konsole:

1. Create a simple, executable script file with:

#!/bin/bash konsole --hold --new-tab & konsole --hold --new-tab -e $SHELL -c "/usr/bin/screen -DRS irssi-in-screen irssi" & konsole --hold --new-tab -e $SHELL -c "/usr/bin/ncmpcpp" &

The clue is not to execute the the command directly but to call a shell, that can take in all arguments passed. $SHELL is set to /bin/bash. This "issue" is documented here:

https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applications/konsole/commonissues.html

Quote: " Konsole treats arguments after the -e option as one command and runs it directly, instead of parsing it and possibly dividing it into sub-commands for execution. This is different from xterm.

konsole -e "command1 ; command2" does not work

konsole -e $SHELL -c "command1 ; command2" works