meh. will persevere. DeleteGear can't call that much stuff...
# this is inefficient and clunky, but, figured it might as well be kept somewhere so people are aware of it
# Is how I'm currently updated the locale files.
# collect strings - run in Data
grep -F 'loc("' */*/*.lua | sed 's/")/")\n/g' | sed 's/.*loc("/loc("/;s/").*/")/' | grep loc | sort | uniq > loc.txt
# Update locale files - run in Locale
for i in *.lua;do cat ../loc.txt | while read f;do STR=$(echo "$f" | sed 's/loc("//;s/")\s*$//;s/"/\\"/g');MAPS=$(grep -F -l -- "loc(\"${STR}\")" ../*/*/*.lua ../*/*/*/*.lua | sed 's/.*\/\([^\/]*\)\/map.lua/\1/;s/.*Campaign\/\([^\/]*\)\//\1:/;s/.*\///;s/.lua//;s/ /_/g' | xargs | sed 's/ /, /g');C=$(echo $MAPS | sed 's/,/\n/' | wc -l);grep -Fq -- "[\"${STR}\"]" $i;if(($?));then if((C>0));then echo "-- [\"${STR}\"] = \"\", -- $MAPS" >> $i;else echo "-- [\"${STR}\"] = \"\"," >> $i;fi;fi;done;done
# sort - run in Locale
for i in *.lua;do rm temphead temptail templua;cat $i | grep -Ev "}|{" | grep -Ev "^[[:space:]]*$" | sort | uniq > templua;echo "locale = {" > temphead;echo " }" > temptail;cat temphead templua temptail > $i;done
# drop unused - run in Locale
cat stub.lua | grep '"] =' | while read f;do PHRASE=$(echo "$f" | sed 's/[^[]*\["//;s/"] =.*//;s/"/\\"/g');CNT=$(grep -Frc "loc(\"$PHRASE\")" ../*/*/*.lua ../*/*/*/*.lua | grep -v ":0" | wc -l);if(($CNT==0));then echo "|$PHRASE|";PHRASE=$(echo "$PHRASE" | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g;s/\[/\\[/g;s/\]/\\]/g;s/\//\\\//g');sed -i "s/.*\[\"$PHRASE\"\].*//" *.lua;fi;done