Send selection from Sublime Text 2 to iTerm

send-selection-iterm.py

import sublime
import sublime_plugin
#import os
import subprocess
import string
import re

## send selection to iTerm
class SendSelectionIterm(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    @staticmethod
    def cleanString(str):
        str = string.replace(str, '\\', '\\\\')
        str = string.replace(str, '"', '\\"')
        str = string.replace(str, '//', '*')
        return str

    def run(self, edit):
        selection = ""
        for region in self.view.sel():
            selection += self.view.substr(region) + "\n"
        selection = (selection[::-1].replace('\n'[::-1], '', 1))[::-1]

        # only proceed if selection is not empty
        if(selection != ""):
            # define list of arguments
            args = ['osascript', '-e', 'tell app "iTerm" to activate']
            # split selection into lines
            selection = self.cleanString(selection).split("\n")
            # add code lines to list of arguments
            for part in selection:
                args.extend(['-e', 'tell app "iTerm" to tell current terminal to tell current session to write text "' + part.strip() + '"\n'])
            # activate ST2
            args.extend(['-e', 'tell app "Sublime Text 2" to activate'])
            # execute code
            subprocess.Popen(args)