Launches a session with the expected title, terminal layout and init command in Yakuake, the best console in the universe.

yakuake_session

#!/bin/bash

usage() {
cat <<EOF

usage: $0 <options> <terminal1Command> <terminal2Command> ...

Launches a session with the expected title, terminal layout and init command in Yakuake, the best console in the universe.

OPTIONS:
   -h      Show this message
   -t      Title (optional)
   -l      Layout (optional)
	      1 : single (default)
	      2h: two terminals splitted horizontally
	      2v: two terminals splitted vertically
	      3u: three terminals with terminal full width in upper section and two terminals splitted vertically in lower section
	      3l: three terminals with terminal full width in lower section and two terminals splitted vertically in upper section
	      4:  four splitted
  <terminalXCommand> : command to run after session initialization. the order depends on the layout if you want to use commands but skip a terminal type a noop command like 'true'
EOF
}

open_session() {
     # Open a session
     case "$sessionTerminalLayout" in
	"1")
	  sessionId=$(qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.addSession)
	  ;;
	"2h")
	  sessionId=$(qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.addSessionTwoVertical)
	  ;;
	"2v")
	  sessionId=$(qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.addSessionTwoHorizontal)
	  ;;
	"3u")
	  sessionId=$(qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.addSessionTwoVertical)
	  terminalIds=($(qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.terminalIdsForSessionId "$sessionId" | tr "," "\n"))
	  lastTerminalId=${terminalIds[${#terminalIds[@]} - 1]}
	  qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.splitTerminalLeftRight $lastTerminalId
	  ;;
	"3l")
	  sessionId=$(qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.addSessionTwoVertical)
	  qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.splitSessionLeftRight "$sessionId"
	  ;;
	"4")
	  sessionId=$(qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.addSessionQuad)
	  ;;
	*)
	  echo "Layout not supported: $sessionTerminalLayout" >&2
	  exit 1;
	  ;;
	esac

	# Set tab title
	if [ ! -z "$sessionTitle" ]; then
	  qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/tabs org.kde.yakuake.setTabTitle "$sessionId" "$sessionTitle"
	fi;

	# Run command within tabs
	terminalIds=$(qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.terminalIdsForSessionId "$sessionId")
	terminalCount=0
	for terminalId in ${terminalIds//,/ }; do
	  terminalCommand="${commandList[$terminalCount]}"
	  if [ ! -z "$terminalCommand" ]; then
	    qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.runCommandInTerminal "$terminalId" "$terminalCommand"
	  fi;
	  terminalCount=$((terminalCount + 1))
	done;
}

sessionTitle=''
sessionTerminalLayout=1
commandList=()

while getopts "hl:t:" OPTION
do
     case $OPTION in
         h)
             usage
             exit 1
             ;;
         l)
             sessionTerminalLayout=$OPTARG
             ;;
	 t)
             sessionTitle=$OPTARG
             ;;
         ?)
             usage
             exit
             ;;
     esac
done

# consider trailing strings as a command array
shift $((OPTIND - 1))
commandList=("$@")

open_session

you may need to install qt4-default or "qt5-default + qdbus-qt5" to make qdbus work

http://askubuntu.com/questions/365644/qdbus-cannot-be-called-in-kubuntu-saucy