konsole -e 'man ls' should work as expected

BUG: 295648
FIXED-IN: 4.9.0

src/Application.cpp

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "SessionManager.h"
 #include "MainWindow.h"
 #include "Session.h"
+#include "ShellCommand.h"
 
 using namespace Konsole;
 
@@ -375,12 +376,25 @@ Profile::Ptr Application::processProfileChangeArgs(KCmdLineArgs* args, Profile::
 
     // run a custom command
     if ( args->isSet("e") ) {
+        QString commandExec;
         QStringList commandArguments;
-        commandArguments << args->getOption("e");
-        for ( int i = 0 ; i < args->count() ; i++ )
-            commandArguments << args->arg(i);
 
-        QString commandExec = args->getOption("e");
+        // Note: KCmdLineArgs::count() return the number of arguments
+        // that aren't options.
+        if ( args->count() > 0 ) { // example: konsole -e man ls
+            commandExec = args->getOption("e");
+
+            commandArguments << commandExec;
+            for ( int i = 0 ; i < args->count() ; i++ )
+                commandArguments << args->arg(i);
+
+        } else { // example: konsole -e "man ls"
+            ShellCommand shellCommand(args->getOption("e"));
+
+            commandExec = shellCommand.command();
+            commandArguments = shellCommand.arguments();
+        }
+
         if (commandExec.startsWith(QLatin1String("./")))
             commandExec = QDir::currentPath() + commandExec.mid(1);
 

src/ShellCommand.h

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 // Qt
 #include <QtCore/QStringList>
 
+// Konsole
+#include "konsole_export.h"
+
 namespace Konsole
 {
 
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Konsole
  *      </li>
  * </ul>
  */
-class ShellCommand
+class KONSOLEPRIVATE_EXPORT ShellCommand
 {
 public:
     /**