Add a way to run Python scripts with the interpreter which runs Ansible

bin/ansible-python.sh runs Python with the interpreter named in the
first line of `ansible-playbook`. That interpreter has PyYAML, since
Ansible depends on it, even when Ansible is installed in an environment
of its own (e.g. with pipx), where the system's `python3` may lack it.
If it is not a Python interpreter (e.g. `ansible-playbook` is a wrapper
script), or Ansible is missing, `python3` is used.

Role installation, which needs PyYAML, is the first to use it in the
next commit, so that it works without installing PyYAML separately.

The same script in mash-playbook (where its tests live):
https://github.com/mother-of-all-self-hosting/mash-playbook/commit/1fe0f90f

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Slavi Pantaleev
2026-10-25 09:40:02 +02:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
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#!/bin/sh
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 MASH project contributors
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Slavi Pantaleev
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
# Runs Python (with the given arguments) using the interpreter which runs Ansible.
#
# The playbook's Python scripts need PyYAML, which Ansible depends on. The interpreter which runs Ansible
# therefore has it, even when Ansible is installed in an environment of its own (e.g. with pipx),
# where the system's `python3` may lack it.
#
# The interpreter is taken from the first line (shebang) of `ansible-playbook`.
# If that is not a Python interpreter (e.g. `ansible-playbook` is a wrapper script), or Ansible is not installed,
# `python3` is used.
set -eu
python=python3
ansible_playbook_path=$(command -v ansible-playbook 2>/dev/null || true)
if [ -n "$ansible_playbook_path" ] && [ -f "$ansible_playbook_path" ]; then
shebang=$(head -n 1 "$ansible_playbook_path")
case "$shebang" in
"#!"*)
read -r interpreter next_word _ <<EOF
${shebang#"#!"}
EOF
# `#!/usr/bin/env python3` names the interpreter in the next word
if [ "$(basename "$interpreter")" = "env" ]; then
interpreter=${next_word:-}
fi
case "$(basename "${interpreter:-none}")" in
python*)
if command -v "$interpreter" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
python=$interpreter
fi
;;
esac
;;
esac
fi
exec "$python" "$@"