I think you are right...there are no command line options to select a profile, so you'd need to AppleScript it...
But the script can be pretty simple. I think this works:
Replacing COPY with the name of the profile you want to use. YMMV!
But the script can be pretty simple. I think this works:
- tell application "iTerm"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "iTerm"
click menu item "COPY" of menu "Profiles" of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
Replacing COPY with the name of the profile you want to use. YMMV!