Open new terminal tab and execute script

Question

I need to merge two osascript scripts, so that with one command I can open a new terminal tab and execute a script like echo hello into that new tab.

This one opens a new terminal tab.

osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down'

This one opens a new window and runs echo hello

osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal" do script "echo hello" end tell'

Answer 1

The easiest way is by using "ttab"

https://www.npmjs.com/package/ttab

Just run ttab 'ls -la' here ls -la is the command that I want to execute in a new tab.

Note: ttab needs the installation of NPM

Answer 2

I don't know any better way to make a new tab, but you can run a command in the frontmost tab or window with do script "" in window 1.

tell application "Terminal"
    activate
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using command down
    repeat while contents of selected tab of window 1 starts with linefeed
        delay 0.01
    end repeat
    do script "echo a" in window 1
end tell

Answer 3

Here is a snippet we use. I would suggest:

• Put this into a function, like one called "tab"

• for the command use a variable that you pass into the function

  osascript 
      -e "tell application \"Terminal\" to activate" \
          -e "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"t\" using {command down}" \
          -e "do script \"echo hello\" in front window" \
      -e "end tell"
      > /dev/null
  

Answer 4

Similar to adayzdone's answer, but slightly different:

osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' \
  -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using {command down}' \
  -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script "echo hello" in front window'

Answer 5

Try

osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down' -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script "echo hello" in tab 2 of window 1'