gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env bash

## debug
 set -x

## where does the lupdate and all the other bins live ?
QTDIR=/home/joseph/Qt/5.8/gcc_64/bin

## run over the files and make the .po files
for i in $(ls $1/translations/ |grep .po);
do    newFile=$(ls $1/translations/$i |grep  .po |sed "s/.po/.ts/g")

    $QTDIR/lconvert -locations relative \
         $1/translations/$i \
         -o $newFile
done

## loop over the new ts files and use lrelease
for ii in $(ls $1/translations/ |grep .ts);
do
    newerFile=$(ls $1/translations/$ii |grep .ts |sed "s/.ts/.qm/g")
    touch $newerFile
        $QTDIR/lrelease \
                 $1/translations/$ii \
                 $newerFile

done