Programmatically launch Terminal.app with a specified command (and custom colors)

Question

I can launch an xterm from the command line (or a program, via a system call) like so:

/usr/X11/bin/xterm -fg SkyBlue -bg black -e myscript

Answer 1

The answer from @david-moles above works but run the terminal and command in ~ rather the current working directory where term was launched. This variation adds a cd command.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# based on answer by @david-moles in 
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4404242/programmatically-launch-terminal-app-with-a-specified-command-and-custom-colors
echo "
on run argv
  if length of argv is equal to 0
    set command to \"\"
  else
    set command to item 1 of argv
  end if
  set command to \"cd '"$PWD"' ;\" & command
  if length of argv is greater than 1
    set profile to item 2 of argv
    runWithProfile(command, profile)
  else
    runSimple(command)
  end if
end run

on runSimple(command)
  tell application \"Terminal\"
    activate
    set newTab to do script(command)
  end tell
  return newTab
end runSimple

on runWithProfile(command, profile)
  set newTab to runSimple(command)
  tell application \"Terminal\" to set current settings of newTab to (first settings set whose name is profile)
end runWithProfile
" | osascript - "$@" > /dev/null

There may be a way to set PWD this with applescript.

Note: When I use this, I sometimes two Terminal windows, one a shell running in ~ and a second which runs the cd command and command from argv[1]. Seems to happen if Terminal is not already running; perhaps it is opening old state (even tho I had no open terminals when I closed it).