Quick script to check the hint paths in a visual studio sln file are valid

dephunter.sh

#!/bin/sh

# use "dephunter.sh -v" for verbose mode
verbose=false
if [ "$1" == "-v" ]
then
	verbose=true
	echo verbose mode
fi

if $verbose
then
	echo "relevant project files:"
	find . -iname *.csproj
	echo
	echo
fi
errorsFound=false
IFS=$'\n' # prevent spaces in filenames breaking loop over find results
for projectFile in `find . -iname *.csproj`
do
	grep -i hintpath "$projectFile" > /dev/null
	if [ $? -ne 0 ]
	then
		if $verbose
		then
			echo "Skipping project, no hintpath entries in $projectFile"
		fi
		continue
	fi
	dependencies=`sed -n -e '/HintPath/s/.*HintPath>\(.*\)<.*/\1/p' "$projectFile";`
	if $verbose
	then
		echo "dependency hints in project file $projectFile"
		echo "$dependencies"
		echo
	fi

	projectFolder=${projectFile%/*}
	if $verbose
	then
		echo "changing working directory to project folder: $projectFolder"
	fi
	cd "$projectFolder"
	shownProject=false
	while read -r dependency;
	do
		dependency="${dependency//\\//}"  # flip windows paths to unix paths for ls
		if $verbose
		then
			echo "checking $dependency"
			ls -l "$dependency"
		else
			ls "$dependency" &> /dev/null
		fi
		if [ $? -ne 0 ]
		then
			if ! $shownProject; then
				echo
				echo "Project: $projectFile";
				shownProject=true
			fi
			echo "NOT FOUND - $dependency"
			errorsFound=true
		else
			if $verbose
			then
				echo "Found - $dependency"
			fi
		fi
	done <<< "$dependencies"
	cd - > /dev/null #go back to original directory
done

if ! $errorsFound; then
	echo "No broken hint paths found."
fi