title: Ubuntu desktop script to open terminal, navigate to a folder and run compass watch
body: <p>I have tried to search for a simple answer for running a simple script (myscript.sh) from the Ubuntu (13) desktop that would open the terminal, navigate to a folder (/var/www/myproject) and then run the "compass watch" command (and then stay open). First I thought this would be very simple to accomplish, but after several fails and searches, this particular task/script seems overwhelmingly hard to get to work.</p>
  
  <p>To do this manually is not a big task:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Open terminal</li>
  <li>navigate "cd /var/www/myproject"</li>
  <li>run "compass watch"</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I thought this would be a walk in the park (although I am quite new to terminal and scripting), but through the searches I got some weird desktop launcher answers and complicated bash scripting functions solutions for sub-shell work-a-rounds. My question is, can this be done with one single (simple) file that is launched from the desktop?</p>