Maya Terminal window provided with Maya
The Maya Terminal.term file provided in your Maya directory launches a Terminal window that has all the proper path information to run Maya command-line applications (such as Render) and licensing tools. Using this .term file makes it easier to use command-line Maya applications on Mac OS X.
This could be used in a custom environment instead of using Maya Terminal.term directly; for example, when accessing the Maya environment remotely or from an alternative term application.