How to run a shell script using Spotlight?

Question

Is there a way to run a shell script using Spotlight on Mac OS X 10.6? I would like to be able to invoke a shell script directly from Spotlight without opening up a terminal.

Answer 1

To make the Terminal window disappear when finished as of MacOS >= 10.0:

Terminal > Preferences > Select your default profile

Then Shell > When the shell exits select Close if the shell exited cleanly