Public bug reported:
The -e option of Konsole has a very strange behavior if one of the first
argument has a space in it. Actually, everything after the space is
simply ignored:
$ konsole -e "/bin/sh somescript"
executes "/bin/sh"
$ konsole -e "/bin/some program with spaces"
tries to execute "/bin/some"
$ konsole -e "/bin/some\ program\ with\ spaces"
tries to execute "/bin/some program with spaces"
This behavior doesn't follow XTerm (and other) behavior and seems simply wrong.
I would've expected either
1) execute as a shell-formed command, so splitting at spaces and passing extra
arguments to the command, or
2) execute the argument, e.g. with the spaces
This makes it hard to use konsole as a random terminal emulator from a
script or application, e.g. when mapped to x-terminal-emulator. For
example, LP:#282972 made the Geany editor use "x-terminal-emulator" as
its terminal emulator, but broke Geany under KDE because it tries to run
"'x-terminal-emulator' '-e' '/bin/sh somescript'", and then Konsole
simply runs "/bin/sh".
Ubuntu version: 11.10
Konsole version: 4:4.7.1-0ubuntu2
** Affects: konsole (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
The -e option of Konsole has a very strange behavior if one of the first
argument has a space in it. Actually, everything after the space is
simply ignored:
$ konsole -e "/bin/sh somescript"
executes "/bin/sh"
$ konsole -e "/bin/some program with spaces"
tries to execute "/bin/some"
$ konsole -e "/bin/some\ program\ with\ spaces"
tries to execute "/bin/some program with spaces"
This behavior doesn't follow XTerm (and other) behavior and seems simply
wrong. I would've expected either
1) execute as a shell-formed command, so splitting at spaces and passing
extra arguments to the command, or
2) execute the argument, e.g. with the spaces
This makes it hard to use konsole as a random terminal emulator from a
script or application, e.g. when mapped to x-terminal-emulator. For
- example, #282972 made the Geany editor use "x-terminal-emulator" as its
- terminal emulator, but broke Geany under KDE because it tries to run "'x
- -terminal-emulator' '-e' '/bin/sh somescript'", and then Konsole simply
- runs "/bin/sh".
-
+ example, LP:#282972 made the Geany editor use "x-terminal-emulator" as
+ its terminal emulator, but broke Geany under KDE because it tries to run
+ "'x-terminal-emulator' '-e' '/bin/sh somescript'", and then Konsole
+ simply runs "/bin/sh".
Ubuntu version: 11.10
Konsole version: 4:4.7.1-0ubuntu2
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-e (execute) option mishanldes spaces
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