Frequently, I need to log in (ssh) to several servers and issue the same commands (i.e. tail a log file). in kde 3 I used dcop to accomplish this, but with KDE4 -- had a hard time finding a working example. So, here it is!

Basically, this script creates a list of boxes and stores them in an environmental variable (blist). The script takes this list as creates a dialog box, allowing the user to select the hosts to log in to. Next a loop through the selected boxes and:
creates a new tab in konsole --- names the tab the name of the box, echos a message saying you're on that box

Here's the script -- and enjoy

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MYCOMMAND='ssh '
blist="serverBox1.example.com serverBox2.example.com serverBox3.example.com serverBox4.example.com"
for i in $blist ; do
   menulist="$menulist $i $i on"
done
boxlist=$(kdialog --separate-output --checklist  "Select all boxes to open" $menulist)
cursession=`qdbus org.kde.konsole /Konsole currentSession`
for i in $boxlist
do
  echo $i
  session=$(qdbus org.kde.konsole /Konsole  newSession)
  qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/${session} setTitle 1 $i
  qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/${session} sendText "${MYCOMMAND}"
  qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/${session} sendText "${i}"
  qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/${session} sendText "
   "
  qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/${session} sendText "
   "
  qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/${session} sendText "echo Running on ${i}
  "
  qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/${session} setMonitorActivity true
done


thank you very much! this helped me a lot!

Thank you is what I was looking.

Regarding "names the tab the name of the box", see:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/update-controlling-konsole-dbus

As I've begun to use that script for setting up my konsoles I, like others, have discovered that the tab title that you set with dbus doesn't stick. This short note shows you a workaround to make your tab titles stay put.
...
konsole has two types of tab titles: one that's set with the function setTitle() and another that's set with the function setUserTitle(). If you don't set the one that's set with setUserTitle() then the tab title changes back to the default when you use the session. The problem is that the dbus interface allows you to call setTitle() but it does not allow you to call setUserTitle().

An update. Finally discovered a way to set the titles on the tabs with the name of the box. First, I create an environment variable SHORTNAME (a short name of the box I'm ssh'ing to), then in the script add these 2 lines:

qdbus $KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE /Sessions/${session} setTabTitleFormat 0 $SHORTNAME
qdbus $KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE /Sessions/${session} setTabTitleFormat 1 $SHORTNAME

This script seems to be exactly what I'm looking for, except that:

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$ qdbus org.kde.konsole
Service 'org.kde.konsole' does not exist.


I've seen similar (?) examples use $KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE instead.
I'm on KDE 4 (4.14 actually).