alias2ln

#!/bin/sh
#
# Based on: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20021024064107356

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Usage: alias2ln alias1 alias2 alias3..."
    echo "  where alias1, alias2, etc are alias files."
    echo "  Each alias file will be converted into a symlink."
fi

while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
    if [ -f "$1" -a ! -L "$1" ]; then
        item_name=`basename "$1"`
        item_parent=`dirname "$1"`
        item_parent="`cd \"${item_parent}\" 2>/dev/null && pwd || echo \"${item_parent}\"`"
        item_path="${item_parent}/${item_name}"
        line_1='tell application "Finder"'
        line_2='set theItem to (POSIX file "'${item_path}'") as alias'
        line_3='if the kind of theItem is "alias" then'
        line_4='get the posix path of (original item of theItem as text)'
        line_5='end if'
        line_6='end tell'
        linksource=`osascript -e "$line_1" -e "$line_2" -e "$line_3" -e "$line_4" -e "$line_5" -e "$line_6"`
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            if [ ! -z "$linksource" ]; then
                rm "$item_path"
                ln -s "${linksource}" "${item_path}"
                echo "\"${1}\" -> \"${linksource}\""
            fi
        fi
        shift
    fi
done