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Force apt(-get) files to be executed with python2 - useful for debian, if you set e.g. python3 as system default
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python2-for-apt.sh
cd /usr/share/python/debpython/
\ls /usr/share/python/debpython/*.py | xargs sed -i.bak '1s|^|#!/usr/bin/env python2\n|'
cd /usr/bin/pycompile
\ls /usr/bin/pycompile | xargs sed -i '1s|^|#!/usr/bin/env python2\n|'
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