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diff --git a/scripts/grabDescriptions.hs b/scripts/grabDescriptions.hs
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diff --git a/scripts/run-xmonad.sh b/scripts/run-xmonad.sh
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diff --git a/scripts/window-properties.sh b/scripts/window-properties.sh
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diff --git a/scripts/xmonadctl.hs b/scripts/xmonadctl.hs
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--- a/scripts/xmonadctl.hs
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+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+
 -- Copyright: (c) Peter Olson 2013 and Andrea Rossato and David Roundy 2007
 -- License: BSD-style (see xmonad/LICENSE)
 --
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+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+
 -- Copyright Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen@gmail.com>
 -- BSD3 (see LICENSE)
 --