How do I tell unix to run a command via AppleScript?

I have an AppleScript within which I want to start a job running on a remote linux box. Previously in these forums someone helped me do this using the line:
tell application "Terminal" to do script ("rsh Linux_box -l Myuserid scripttorun")
however, this creates a Terminal window that hangs around that I'd rather not have there at all. From within the script, can I just tell the underlying unix system to directly run the rsh command without going through a Terminal?
Thanks.

Don't tell Terminal, use do shell script:
do shell script "rsh Linux_box -l Myuserid scripttorun"

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almost everything on KSLD User Guide except I don't
know how to specify kernel name when running ksld
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