Script to convert un-localized text to yml keys

gistfile1.rb

# Before:
#  { bar, "Difficulty speaking", "How hard?", foo },
# After:
#  { bar, "difficulty_speaking", "how_hard", foo },

def fix_key(bad_key)
  bad_key.downcase.gsub(/[?:]/, '').gsub('/', ' ').gsub(' ', '_')
end

def fix_info(bad_info)
  return "" unless bad_info
  bad_info.downcase.gsub(/[?]/, '').gsub(' ', '_')
end

file_lines = %x{cat path/to/file.rb}
file_lines.each_line do |line|
  match_data = line.match(/"{1}(.*)"{1}.*"{1}(.*)"{1}/)
  if match_data
    bad_key = match_data[1]
    bad_info = match_data[2]
    fixed_key = fix_key(bad_key)
    fixed_info = fix_info(bad_info)
    puts line.gsub(bad_key, fixed_key).gsub(bad_info, fixed_info)
  else
    puts line
    next
  end
end