#!/bin/bash cd $(dirname $0) loc="$1" while [ -z "$1" -a -z "$loc" ]; do echo -n "Insert locale (for example \"en\"): " read loc done cd .. if [ ! -e "$loc.po" ]; then echo "File \"$loc.po\" not found" echo "The translation file must exist" exit 1 else msgfmt -c -o $loc.mo $loc.po fi