Scripting SQLite with dot commands

Is it possible to write scripts that contain SQLite dot commands ( vis. .read file.sql; .separator ,; .import file.csv; )?

I'm building and repeatedly rebuilding an SQLite database and need to type in roughly twenty four dot command statements every time I rebuild the database. It would be really nice if I could put those commands in a script and have SQLite read them.

Is there a way to put dot commands ( not SQL statements ) into a script and have SQLite run them?

I'm on Mac OS X using bash.

I searched the Internet for an answer last night and found nothing. Of course, today after posting this question I try again--and find an adequate response almost immediately.

The gist of it? Put your commands in a text file and direct it to SQLite using the input file descriptor, or just script everything in a bash script.
First Method:

sqlite3 database.db < commands.txt
Second Method:

#!/bin/bash --
sqlite3 -batch $1  );
.separator "\t"
.import logfile.log log_entry
EOF

And then on the command line:

import.sh database.db

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