#!/usr/bin/perl @ARGV >= 1 || die "Usage: $0 <po directory> [<file pattern>]\n"; my $source = shift @ARGV; my $pattern = shift @ARGV || '*.po'; if( open F, "find $source -type f -name '$pattern' |" ) { while( chomp( my $file = readline F ) ) { my ( $basename ) = $file =~ m{.+/([^/]+)\.po$}; if( -f "$source/templates/$basename.pot" ) { printf "Updating %-40s", $file; system("msgmerge", "-U", "-N", $file, "$source/templates/$basename.pot"); } } close F; }