Adding startup programs

Hello,
I downloaded some programs that need to be started up when my computer startup. These aren't typical mac .app applications but programs that run from the shell as a background process in such. In linux I would put a LSB script and put it in my /etc/init.d/ directory and use chkconfig to add it when the computer starts up however mac does not have that directory or that program.
So how do I add executables to be started up when my computer does?
Thanks!

I found this example:
Compose an AppleScript with the following code:
do shell script "sudo pmset halfdim 0" with no tell block.
Save it as an application, no startup screen, somewhere on your hard drive.
Then, under System Preferences --> Accounts, assign this new application as a Login Item. You may have to tweak the script for username/password compliance, but that code is pretty close to what you will need.
Compiling AppleScript scripts from Terminal command line
You can compile an AppleScript script from Terminal or a shell script by using the osacompile command.
Example:
osacompile scriptname
For more information on using osascript, see the man pages in Terminal, by typing: man osascript

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