Trying to execute a command from applescript.
tell application "iTerm 2"
make new terminal
tell the current terminal
activate current session
launch session "Default Session"
tell the last session
write text "cd ~/Downloads; clear; pwd"
end tell
end tell
end tell
Referencing this question: How do I set up an AppleScript to open a new iTerm2 tab and change the directory?
This doesn't seem to work for me. In fact, neither the exec command or the write text commands seem to work – the text is placed on the command line, but the newline isn't added to actually execute it. My suspicion is that it's somehow writing the text before the terminal is ready for input…
Best Answer
I got this working in the end but it was after so much trial and error that I can't remember exactly what made it work. But I can tell you two useful things: 1) I downgraded to iTerm 1.0.0 and 2) here is the code.