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diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/shebangfix/shebangfix.pl b/pkgs/tools/misc/shebangfix/shebangfix.pl
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+#!/bin/perl
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+#usage PATH=< : separated path list> perl <this script>  file1 file2
+
+print "TODO fix space trouble. This script won't work if your paths contain spaces";
+
+sub findInPath{
+  my $file = shift(@_);
+  foreach (split(/:/, $ENV{'PATH'})){
+    my $f =  "$_/$file";
+    if (-x "$f"){
+      return $f;
+    }
+  }
+  print "unable to find $file in on of ".$ENV{'PATH'};
+  exit 1
+}
+
+foreach (@ARGV)
+{
+  my $file = $_;
+  open(FILE, $file);
+  my $content = do { local $/; <FILE> };
+
+  close(FILE); 
+
+  (my $name = $content) =~ /^#![^ ]*\/([^ \n\r]*)/;
+  my $fullpath =  ($1 eq 'sh') ? "/bin/sh" : findInPath($1);
+  $content =~ s/^#![^ \n\r]*/#!$fullpath/;
+  open(FILE, ">$file");
+  print FILE $content;
+  close($file);
+}