├── README.md
└── update_storyboard_strings.sh


/README.md:
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 1 | **NOTE:** I cannot offer support for this script. I got some reports from users that it does not work correctly in some situations, especially in Xcode 6 (please check the [Issues](https://github.com/ole/Storyboard-Strings-Extraction/issues)).
 2 | 
 3 | # Storyboard Strings Extraction
 4 | 
 5 | Shell script to automatically extract translatable strings from Xcode storyboards and update `.strings` files. [Original version](http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=16060008&postcount=4) by MacRumors forum user mikezang. Slightly updated by Ole Begemann.
 6 | 
 7 | See my [accompanying blog post](http://oleb.net/blog/2013/02/automating-strings-extraction-from-storyboards-for-localization/) for details and usage instructions.
 8 | 
 9 | Until August 2014, this script lived as a Gist at [https://gist.github.com/ole/5007019](https://gist.github.com/ole/5007019). Please refer to that page for earlier issues and comments.
10 | 


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/update_storyboard_strings.sh:
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 1 | #!/bin/sh
 2 | #
 3 | # update_storyboard_strings.sh - automatically extract translatable strings from storyboards and update strings files
 4 | # Based on http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=16060008&postcount=4 by mikezang
 5 | # 
 6 | # Needed gawk:
 7 | # brew install gawk
 8 | #
 9 | # Needed realpath:
10 | # brew tap iveney/mocha
11 | # brew install realpath
12 | #
13 | 
14 | storyboardExt=".storyboard"
15 | stringsExt=".strings"
16 | newStringsExt=".strings.new"
17 | oldStringsExt=".strings.old"
18 | localeDirExt=".lproj"
19 | 
20 | oldIFS=$IFS
21 | IFS=$'\n'
22 | 
23 | # Find storyboard file full path inside project folder
24 | for storyboardPath in `find . -name "*$storyboardExt" -print`
25 | do
26 |     # Get Base strings file full path
27 |     baseStringsPath=$(echo "$storyboardPath" | sed "s/$storyboardExt/$stringsExt/")
28 | 
29 |     # Create base strings file if it doesn't exist
30 |     if ! [ -f $baseStringsPath ]; then
31 |       touch -r $storyboardPath $baseStringsPath
32 |       # Make base strings file older than the storyboard file
33 |       touch -A -01 $baseStringsPath
34 |     fi
35 |     
36 |     # Create strings file only when storyboard file newer
37 |     if find $storyboardPath -prune -newer $baseStringsPath -print | grep -q .; then
38 |  
39 |         # Get storyboard file name and folder 
40 |         storyboardFile=$(basename "$storyboardPath")
41 |         storyboardDir=$(dirname "$storyboardPath")
42 | 
43 |         # Get New Base strings file full path and strings file name
44 |         newBaseStringsPath=$(echo "$storyboardPath" | sed "s/$storyboardExt/$newStringsExt/")
45 |         stringsFile=$(basename "$baseStringsPath")
46 | 
47 |         echo "Extracting strings file"
48 |         ibtool --export-strings-file $newBaseStringsPath $storyboardPath
49 |         
50 |         # ibtool sometimes fails for unknown reasons with "Interface Builder could not open 
51 |         # the document XXX because it does not exist."
52 |         # (maybe because Xcode is writing to the file at the same time?)
53 |         # In that case, abort the script.
54 |         if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
55 |             echo "Exiting due to ibtool error. Please run `killall -9 ibtoold` and try again."
56 |             exit 1
57 |         fi
58 |         
59 |         # Only run iconv if $newBaseStringsPath exists to avoid overwriting existing
60 |         if [ -f $newBaseStringsPath ]; then
61 |           iconv -f UTF-16 -t UTF-8 $newBaseStringsPath > $baseStringsPath
62 |           rm $newBaseStringsPath
63 |         fi
64 | 
65 |         # Get all locale strings folder
66 |         for localeStringsDir in `find .. -name "*$localeDirExt" -print`
67 |         do
68 |             # Skip Base strings folder
69 |             rp1=$(realpath $storyboardDir)
70 |             rp2=$(realpath $localeStringsDir)
71 | 
72 |             if [ $rp1 != $rp2 ]; then
73 |                 localeStringsPath=$localeStringsDir/$stringsFile
74 |                 # Just copy base strings file on first time
75 |                 if [ ! -e $localeStringsPath ]; then
76 |                     cp $baseStringsPath $localeStringsPath
77 |                 else
78 |                     oldLocaleStringsPath=$(echo "$localeStringsPath" | sed "s/$stringsExt/$oldStringsExt/")
79 |                     cp $localeStringsPath $oldLocaleStringsPath
80 |       
81 |                     # Merge baseStringsPath to localeStringsPath
82 |                     gawk 'NR == FNR && /^\/\*/ {x=$0; getline; a[x]=$0; next} /^\/\*/ {x=$0; print; getline; $0=a[x]?a[x]:$0; printf $0"\n\n"}' $oldLocaleStringsPath $baseStringsPath > $localeStringsPath
83 |                     #awk 'NR == FNR && /^\/\*/ {x=$0; getline; a[x]=$0; next} /^\/\*/ {x=$0; print; getline; $0=a[x]?a[x]:$0; printf $0"\n\n"}' $oldLocaleStringsPath $baseStringsPath > $localeStringsPath
84 | 
85 |                     rm $oldLocaleStringsPath
86 |                 fi
87 |             fi
88 |         done
89 |     else
90 |         echo "$storyboardPath file not modified."
91 |     fi
92 | done
93 | 
94 | IFS=$oldIFS
95 | 


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