aktau

#!/bin/sh
if [ "$#" -eq 1 ]; then stdinmsg=$(cat); fi
exec <"$0" || exit; read v; read v; read v; exec /usr/bin/osascript - "$@" "$stdinmsg"; exit

-- another way of waiting until an app is running
on waitUntilRunning(appname, delaytime)
    repeat until my appIsRunning(appname)
        tell application "Messages" to close window 1
        delay delaytime
    end repeat