Changing konsole profile from command line

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  • To change the profile in the current session run:

    qdbus $KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE $KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION org.kde.konsole.Session.setProfile "Profile 1"

  • To switch the profile on all active sessions (windows/tabs/splits) you can do it like this:

    #!/usr/bin/env bash
PROFILE="Profile 1"

for instance in $(qdbus | grep org.kde.konsole); do
  for session in $(qdbus "$instance" | grep -E '^/Sessions/'); do
    qdbus "$instance" "$session" org.kde.konsole.Session.setProfile "$PROFILE"
  done
done

  • To change the default profile for new instances you can create a script that changes the value of DefaultProfile in the config file $HOME/.config/konsolerc

    [Desktop Entry]
DefaultProfile=Profile 1.profile

  • Bonus: To change the color scheme of the current session (replace Breeze with other konsole color scheme name) run:

    konsoleprofile "colors=Breeze"
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