diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
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diff --git a/convert-pth-to-ggml.py b/convert-pth-to-ggml.py
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index dd15393c3..01600ed3b
--- a/convert-pth-to-ggml.py
+++ b/convert-pth-to-ggml.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Compatibility stub
 
 import argparse
diff --git a/convert.py b/convert.py
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index f3bf17980..37c6e8320
--- a/convert.py
+++ b/convert.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
 import concurrent.futures
 import copy
diff --git a/examples/embd-input/embd_input.py b/examples/embd-input/embd_input.py
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index be2896614..f146acdc1
--- a/examples/embd-input/embd_input.py
+++ b/examples/embd-input/embd_input.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import ctypes
 from ctypes import cdll, c_char_p, c_void_p, POINTER, c_float, c_int
 import numpy as np
diff --git a/examples/embd-input/llava.py b/examples/embd-input/llava.py
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index bcbdd2bed..06fad55f4
--- a/examples/embd-input/llava.py
+++ b/examples/embd-input/llava.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import sys
 import os
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/examples/embd-input/minigpt4.py b/examples/embd-input/minigpt4.py
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index 15c9b77c0..7b13e4a5c
--- a/examples/embd-input/minigpt4.py
+++ b/examples/embd-input/minigpt4.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import sys
 import os
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/examples/embd-input/panda_gpt.py b/examples/embd-input/panda_gpt.py
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index 0cfac5f32..891ad7cc9
--- a/examples/embd-input/panda_gpt.py
+++ b/examples/embd-input/panda_gpt.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import sys
 import os
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/examples/jeopardy/graph.py b/examples/jeopardy/graph.py
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index 1b6c54bff..8bc0706b8
--- a/examples/jeopardy/graph.py
+++ b/examples/jeopardy/graph.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import os
 import csv
diff --git a/examples/jeopardy/jeopardy.sh b/examples/jeopardy/jeopardy.sh
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diff --git a/examples/json-schema-to-grammar.py b/examples/json-schema-to-grammar.py
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index 2dccc118a..2a4cb65bc
--- a/examples/json-schema-to-grammar.py
+++ b/examples/json-schema-to-grammar.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
 import json
 import re
diff --git a/examples/make-ggml.py b/examples/make-ggml.py
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index f63d9fc22..6a34eeac5
--- a/examples/make-ggml.py
+++ b/examples/make-ggml.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
 This script converts Hugging Face llama models to GGML and quantizes them.
 
diff --git a/examples/reason-act.sh b/examples/reason-act.sh
index e7fe655db..046c48db5 100755
--- a/examples/reason-act.sh
+++ b/examples/reason-act.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 #!/bin/bash
 
 cd `dirname $0`
diff --git a/examples/server-llama2-13B.sh b/examples/server-llama2-13B.sh
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diff --git a/examples/server/api_like_OAI.py b/examples/server/api_like_OAI.py
index aa325a03e..ed19237b0 100755
--- a/examples/server/api_like_OAI.py
+++ b/examples/server/api_like_OAI.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
 from flask import Flask, jsonify, request, Response
 import urllib.parse
diff --git a/examples/server/chat-llama2.sh b/examples/server/chat-llama2.sh
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diff --git a/examples/server/chat.sh b/examples/server/chat.sh
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diff --git a/scripts/get-wikitext-2.sh b/scripts/get-wikitext-2.sh
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