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Asked: 2026-05-17T02:14:02+00:00

I have this run as a Shell Script target in my Xcode project #

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I have this run as a Shell Script target in my Xcode project

# shell script goes here
genstrings -u -a -o en.lproj *[hmc] */*[hmc] */*/*[hmc]
if [ -f "$PROJECT_DIR/build/Release-macosx/UnicodeEscape" ] then
    build/Release-macosx/UnicodeEscape "en.lproj/Localizable.strings"
elif [ -f "$PROJECT_DIR/build/Debug-macosx/UnicodeEscape" ] then
    build/Debug-macosx/UnicodeEscape "en.lproj/Localizable.strings"
fi

exit 0

I get this error:

/Users/aa/Dropbox/Developer/Pandamonia
LLC/iPhone/Acey Deucey/build/Acey
Deucey.build/Release/GenerateLocalizedStrings.build/Script-00F66869125625D9009F14DA.sh:
line 7: syntax error near unexpected
token elif'
/Users/aa/Dropbox/Developer/Pandamonia
LLC/iPhone/Acey Deucey/build/Acey
Deucey.build/Release/GenerateLocalizedStrings.build/Script-00F66869125625D9009F14DA.sh:
line 7:elif [ -f
“$PROJECT_DIR/build/Debug-macosx/UnicodeEscape” ] then’ Command /bin/sh failed with
exit code 2

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  1. Editorial Team

    First of all, do not tag it bash and sh, you have one shell, type echo $SHELL to know which shell you use, or put a shebang at the start of your script (#!/usr/bin/env bash)

    put semicolons after your commands, including [ … ] which is an alias for test. Command terminators are newline, ;, &&, || and & and are mandatory. You can put several commands between if and then, so those semicolons are mandatory.

    if [ -f "$PROJECT_DIR/build/Release-macosx/UnicodeEscape" ] ; then
    build/Release-macosx/UnicodeEscape "en.lproj/Localizable.strings" ;
elif [ -f "$PROJECT_DIR/build/Debug-macosx/UnicodeEscape" ] ; then
    build/Debug-macosx/UnicodeEscape "en.lproj/Localizable.strings" ;
fi
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