Open new Terminal Tab from command line (Mac OS X)

Question

Is it possible to open a new tab in Mac OS X\'s terminal from the command line in a currently opened tab?

I know that the keyboard shortcut to open a new tab in Term

Answer 1

If you are using iTerm this command will open a new tab:

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