Open new Terminal tabs from the command line

iterm

#!/bin/bash
#
# Open new Terminal tabs from the command line to currently running ITerm2
# session
#
# Author: Justin Hileman (http://justinhileman.com)
# Modified by: Jarkko Saltiola (http://saltio.la)
#
# Installation:
#     Add this file path
#
# Usage:
#     iterm                   Opens the current directory in a new tab
#     iterm [PATH]            Open PATH in a new tab
#     iterm [CMD]             Open a new tab and execute CMD
#     iterm [PATH] [CMD] ...  You can prob'ly guess

CMD=""
CDTO="$PWD"
ARGS="$@"

if [ -d "$1" ]; then
    CDTO=`cd "$1"; pwd`
    ARGS="${@:2}"
fi

if [ -n "$ARGS" ]; then
    CMD="; $ARGS"
fi

osascript &>/dev/null <<EOF
        tell application "iTerm"
            tell current terminal
                launch session "Default Session"
                tell the last session
                    write text "cd \"$CDTO\"$CMD"
                    write text "clear"
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
EOF