Make Symlinks from a random ofAddons directory into another directory. This script was done to solve this: http://forum.openframeworks.cc/index.php/topic,10966.msg49009.html#msg49009

makeOFAddonsSymbolicLinks.sh

#!/bin/bash
#this is used to make symlinks of the content of one dir to another.
#whole point is to allow project generator to use external addons

echo ""
echo "Use this script to make symlinks of all folders in arg1 into arg2 (arg 1 and arg2 being dirs)"
echo ""
echo "src dir: $1"
echo "destination dir: $2"
echo ""

if [ $# -lt 2 ];
then
	echo "Missing Arguments!"
	echo "usage: makeSymlinksFromTo srcDir destDir"
	echo ""

else

	externalAddonsPath="$1";
	ofAddonsPath="$2";
	
	echo "making symlinks of the addons found in $externalAddonsPath"
	echo "into $ofAddonsPath"
	echo ""
	
	
	SAVEIFS=$IFS
	IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
	for addon in `ls "$externalAddonsPath"`
	do
		echo "symlinking $externalAddonsPath/$addon"
		ln -s "$externalAddonsPath/$addon" "$ofAddonsPath/$addon"
	done
	IFS=$SAVEIFS
	
	open "$ofAddonsPath"
fi