set(expect "path = \"") file(STRINGS ${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}/XcodeObjectNeedsQuote.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj actual REGEX "path = [^;]*someFileWithoutSpecialChars[^;]*;" LIMIT_COUNT 1) if(NOT "${actual}" MATCHES "${expect}") message(SEND_ERROR "The actual project contains the line:\n ${actual}\n" "which does not match expected regex:\n ${expect}\n") endif()