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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Horowhenua Library Trust
+#
+# This file is part of Koha.
+#
+# Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# Koha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with Koha; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+use File::Find;
+
+my @files;
+find(
+    sub {
+        open my $fh, $_ or die "Could not open $_: $!";
+        my @lines = sort grep /\_\(\'/, <$fh>;
+        push @files, { name => "$_", lines => \@lines } if @lines;
+    },
+    ( "./koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en", "./koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en" )
+);
+
+ok( !@files, "Files do not contain single quotes _(' " )
+  or diag(
+    "Files list: \n",
+    join( "\n",
+        map { $_->{name} . ': ' . join( ', ', @{ $_->{lines} } ) } @files )
+  );