Generate a basic .strings file for each .plist of an iOS Settings.bundle

generate-settings-strings.sh

#!/bin/bash

# NB: next line assumes that this script is in the root 
# of your Settings.bundle directory. Feel free to adapt
# accordingly.
base_dir=$(dirname $0)

for plist in *.plist; do
    # Generate the name of the matching .strings file
    outfile=en.lproj/${plist%.*}.strings
    
    echo "Generating $outfile from $plist"
    
    # Step 1: convert plist to formatted JSON for easy parsing
    # Step 2: use Perl (old skool!) to pick out the values for the Title keys
    # Step 3: convert output to UTF-16
    plutil -convert json -r -o - $base_dir/Root.plist \
    | perl -ne '/"Title" : (.+)/ && print "$1 = $1;\n"' \
    | iconv -t UTF-16 > $base_dir/$outfile
done