cypher shell script

neoexample.sh

Wess-MacBook-Pro:bin wfreeman$ cat test.cypher 
create (m {name:"m"});
create (n {name:"n"});

Wess-MacBook-Pro:bin wfreeman$ ./neo4j-shell -c < test.cypher 
Welcome to the Neo4j Shell! Enter 'help' for a list of commands
NOTE: Remote Neo4j graph database service 'shell' at port 1337

neo4j-sh (?)$ create (m {name:"m"});
+-------------------+
| No data returned. |
+-------------------+
Nodes created: 1
Properties set: 1
8 ms

neo4j-sh (?)$ create (n {name:"n"});
+-------------------+
| No data returned. |
+-------------------+
Nodes created: 1
Properties set: 1
6 ms

And you can even use begin at the beginning and commit at the end so that all are executed in a single tx and will be rolled back on failure.