genstrings for your clipboard

README.md

(Swift only)

Easily add entries to Localizable.strings file by copy/pasting code with new NSLocalizedStrings

Usage:

1. Copy your code containing NSLocalizedString(_:comment:) function calls

2. Pipe it through the pbgenstrings.sh script:

   $ pbpaste | ./pbgenstrings.sh | pbcopy
   

3. Paste contents of clipboard into your Localizable.strings file

pbgenstrings.sh

#!/bin/bash

egrep -o 'NSLocalizedString\(.+"\)' | sed 's/NSLocalizedString("//; s/", comment: "/|/; s/")$//' | awk 'BEGIN { FS="|" } { print "/* " $2 " */\n\"" $1 "\" = \"" $1 "\";\n" }'