pyedge
Like "/usr/bin/env python" but always selects the python version with the highest version number. This is useful on systems with multiple Python versions.
Motivation
Imagine a stable Debian system with a self-compiled Python interpreter to provide a newer version. The Python Makefile will make sure that everything is installed so that there will be no clash between the system Python and your own Python.
If you now want to execute your scripts with a shebang like /usr/bin/env python3 Debian would start the older Interpreter which might not support all features you need.
After hitting this problem myself I decided to write this small Rust application that automatically select the latest Python version on your system and uses that to execute your script.
The downloads below are build statically with musl. As long as you are using an x64 Linux machine this utility should work for you.
Install
Downloads
Other prebuild binaries might follow. In case you need it right now follow the steps below.
Building from Source
Run make install to make pyedge available as a shebang. The default install path is /usr/local. Don't worry about sudo, if you need it the script will run the copy command with sudo for you. You can change that by modifying the PREFIX variable. See ./example/test_shebang.py for details how to use it in your scripts.
Because the application is not bound to any specific path you can also use your own setup if you want.
If you want to remove pyedge run make clean and sudo make uninstall