diff --git a/krusader/GUI/terminaldock.h b/krusader/GUI/terminaldock.h
--- a/krusader/GUI/terminaldock.h
+++ b/krusader/GUI/terminaldock.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 public:
     TerminalDock(QWidget* parent, KrMainWindow *mainWindow);
     virtual ~TerminalDock();
-    void sendInput(const QString& input);
+    void sendInput(const QString& input, bool clearCommand=true);
     void sendCd(const QString& path);
     virtual bool eventFilter(QObject * watched, QEvent * e) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     bool isTerminalVisible() const;
diff --git a/krusader/GUI/terminaldock.cpp b/krusader/GUI/terminaldock.cpp
--- a/krusader/GUI/terminaldock.cpp
+++ b/krusader/GUI/terminaldock.cpp
@@ -119,17 +119,19 @@
     MAIN_VIEW->setTerminalEmulator(false);
 }
 
-void TerminalDock::sendInput(const QString& input)
+void TerminalDock::sendInput(const QString& input, bool clearCommand)
 {
     if (!t)
         return;
 
-    // send SIGINT before input command to avoid unwanted behaviour when current line is not empty
-    // and command is appended to current input (e.g. "rm -rf x " concatenated with 'cd /usr');
-    // code "borrowed" from Dolphin, Copyright (C) 2007-2010 by Peter Penz <peter.penz19@gmail.com>
-    const int processId = t->terminalProcessId();
-    if (processId > 0) {
-        kill(processId, SIGINT);
+    if (clearCommand) {
+        // send SIGINT before input command to avoid unwanted behaviour when current line is not empty
+        // and command is appended to current input (e.g. "rm -rf x " concatenated with 'cd /usr');
+        // code "borrowed" from Dolphin, Copyright (C) 2007-2010 by Peter Penz <peter.penz19@gmail.com>
+        const int processId = t->terminalProcessId();
+        if (processId > 0) {
+            kill(processId, SIGINT);
+        }
     }
 
     t->sendInput(input);
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@
         QString text = QApplication::clipboard()->text();
         if (! text.isEmpty()) {
             text.replace('\n', '\r');
-            sendInput(text);
+            sendInput(text, false);
         }
         return true;
     }
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@
 
         filename = KrServices::quote(filename);
 
-        sendInput(QString(" ") + filename + QString(" "));
+        sendInput(QString(" ") + filename + QString(" "), false);
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/krusader/krslots.cpp b/krusader/krslots.cpp
--- a/krusader/krslots.cpp
+++ b/krusader/krslots.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
         MAIN_VIEW->cmdLine()->setFocus();
     } else if (MAIN_VIEW->terminalDock()->isTerminalVisible()) {
         filename = QChar(' ') + filename + QChar(' ');
-        MAIN_VIEW->terminalDock()->sendInput(filename);
+        MAIN_VIEW->terminalDock()->sendInput(filename, false);
         MAIN_VIEW->terminalDock()->setFocus();
     }
 }