Login items won't hide

I have written a simple unix/linux shell script that starts tcpdump every time user login.
It all works fine except the terminal window pops up when I login.
Yes, the HIDE check mark is checked in login items window.
any idea on how to hide or minimize this terminal window that runs this script?
Thanks

I was surprise to know that apple script works within a regular linux script.
Mac OS X is NOT Linux. It is NOT based on Linux. Its orgins come from the Carnige Mellon MACH kernel with the FreeBSD UNIX API and base utilities. There are some Open Source programs commonly used by many Unix implementations, but that does not make Mac OS X Linux.

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