Batch localize using IBTools? - xcode

Question

Is there a way to run IBTools on a bunch of NIB files with a single command? I'm trying to extract strings from NIBs. Am I supposed to run ibtools once for each NIB?
I find it tedious to run IBTools so many times. (I have only 9 NIB files. It could be worse...)

Answer 1

I don't think ibtool can take multiple files as argument. The only way I see would be to write a bash script to perform this task.
#!/bin/bash
find . -name "*.xib" | while read FILENAME;
do
ibtool --export-strings-file $FILENAME.strings $FILENAME
done

Answer 2

Here is a much more full featured script I made to use for the same operation:
#!/bin/bash
# Argument = -o output_dir -i input_dir
usage()
{
cat << EOF
usage: $0 [options]
This script generates strings files from all xibs in a given directory.
OPTIONS:
-h Show this message
-i Input directory where XIBs are located [./]
-o Output directory where .strings files will be generated
EOF
}
INPUT_DIRECTORY="."
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY="."
while getopts “hi:o:” OPTION
do
case $OPTION in
h)
usage
exit 1
;;
i)
INPUT_DIRECTORY=$OPTARG
;;
o)
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=$OPTARG
;;
?)
usage
exit
;;
esac
done
if [[ -z $INPUT_DIRECTORY ]] || [[ -z $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ]]
then
usage
exit 1
fi
# do the generation
find $INPUT_DIRECTORY -name "*.xib" | while read FILENAME;
do
XIBNAME=$(basename "$FILENAME")
XIBNAME="${XIBNAME%.*}"
ibtool --generate-strings-file $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY/$XIBNAME.strings $FILENAME
done