konsole

Konsole: The KDE terminal emulator.

Open the terminal in a specific directory

$ konsole --workdir [path/to/directory]

[e]xecute a specific command and don't close the window after it exits

$ konsole --noclose -e "[command]"

Open a new tab

$ konsole --new-tab

Open the terminal in the background and bring to the front when Ctrl+Shift+F12 is pressed

$ konsole --background-mode