...that working with remote hosts in Konsole can be made much easier by setting the -prompt to correctly show your hostname and present path? Try setting your prompt in our +prompt to correctly show your hostname and present path? Try setting your prompt in your ~/.bashrc with: "export PS1='\[\e[0m\h:\w> '" You can then just select your prompt and press middle-mouse to paste it as the source or destination on the command line.