[TxMt] applescript from textmate (specific case)

[Oliver Taylor]

I tried the following command:

osascript -e 'tell app "Backdrop" to activate'
osascript -e 'tell app "MenuShade" to activate'
osascript -e 'tell app "TextMate" to activate'

which causes TextMate to hang because (as Allan told me)...

> because you send an event to TM, but TM won't respond as
> it is busy executing the command, so the command will stall
> (waiting for TM, which waits for the command.)

He suggested:

> osascript 2>/dev/null & \
> -e 'tell app "Backdrop" to activate' \
> -e 'tell app "MenuShade" to activate' \
> -e 'tell app "TextMate" to activate'

Which returns the following error:

> /bin/bash: line 2: -e: command not found

So I ask you who know more than I, what is the key to unlocking this one?

Thanks in advance.