Creating simple shell script packages to deploy with ARD and TaskServer

I am looking for a simple step by step on how to create a package that can be deployed using ARD, to run a simple shell script like
"softwareupdate -i -a"
A brief search here returned nothing, but perhaps I was not using the correct terms.
Ultimately, I want to use ARD to run software update on ~400 Macs.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bill

If I send it as a unix command, it will run only on machines that are currently awake and responding to ARD.
If I can set it up as a package, then I can use Task Server to "deploy" the command to machines that are not currently online. When the machines next contact the Task Server, they will be told to run softwareupdate.

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