Open iTerm2 from bash script & Run commands

My version, based in part on @ubuntudroid's comment:

function dovt
{
    osascript <<EOF
    tell application "iTerm2"
         create window with default profile
         tell current session of current window
              delay 1
              write text "cd $PWD"
              write text "$@"
          end tell
    end tell
EOF
}

The following bash script uses Applescript to launch iTerm. You can modify it to use iTerm2 instead of iTerm.

#!/bin/bash
#
# Open new iTerm window from the command line
#
# Usage:
#     iterm                   Opens the current directory in a new iTerm window
#     iterm [PATH]            Open PATH in a new iTerm window
#     iterm [CMD]             Open a new iTerm window and execute CMD
#     iterm [PATH] [CMD] ...  You can prob'ly guess
#
# Example:
#     iterm ~/Code/HelloWorld ./setup.sh
#
# References:
#     iTerm AppleScript Examples:
#     https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/wikis/Applescript
# 
# Credit:
#     Inspired by tab.bash by @bobthecow
#     link: https://gist.github.com/bobthecow/757788
#

# OSX only
[ `uname -s` != "Darwin" ] && return

function iterm () {
    local cmd=""
    local wd="$PWD"
    local args="$@"

    if [ -d "$1" ]; then
        wd="$1"
        args="${@:2}"
    fi

    if [ -n "$args" ]; then
        # echo $args
        cmd="; $args"
    fi

    osascript &>/dev/null <<EOF
        tell application "iTerm"
            activate
            set term to (make new terminal)
            tell term
                launch session "Default Session"
                tell the last session
                    delay 1
                    write text "cd $wd$cmd"
                end
            end
        end tell
EOF
}
iterm $@

This small program I built for myself do what you're looking for. It takes a configuration file like this:

{
  "tabs": [
    {
      "commands": ["cd /to/other/folder", "cd /to/project && npm start"]
    }
  ]
}

This option will also open the new window/tab with the current conda environment

iterm() {
local env_name="${CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV:-base}"
osascript <<EOF
    tell application "iTerm"
    activate

    if (count of windows) = 0 then
        set newWindow to create window with default profile
        set theSession to current session of newWindow
    else
        tell current window
        set newTab to create tab with default profile
        set theSession to current session of newTab
        end tell
    end if

    tell theSession
        write text "cd \"${PWD}\""
        write text "conda activate ${env_name}"
        write text "clear"
    end tell
    end tell
EOF
}