diff --git a/make/py-run.mk b/make/py-run.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8c40ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/py-run.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+include $(JWBDIR)/make/defs.mk
+include $(JWBDIR)/make/py-defs.mk
+#include $(JWBDIR)/make/scripts-targets.mk
+#include $(JWBDIR)/make/rules.mk
+
+EXE ?= $(firstword $(wildcard main.py runme.py test.py *.py))
+EXE_ARGS ?=
+
+all:
+install:
+clean:
+distclean:
+test:
+
+run:
+	$(PYTHON) $(EXE) $(EXE_ARGS)
+
+run.sh:
+	echo -e "#!/bin/bash\n\nexport PYTHONPATH=$(PYTHONPATH)\nset -x\nexec $(PYTHON) $(EXE)" '"$$@"' > $@.tmp
+	chmod 755 $@.tmp
+	mv $@.tmp $@
+clean-run-sh:
+	rm -f run.sh
+clean: clean-run-sh
diff --git a/scripts/python-tools.sh b/scripts/python-tools.sh
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index 00000000..543571fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/python-tools.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+usage()
+{
+	cat <<-EOT
+
+	   usage $myname [-e sed-extract-command] [-m module] file.py ...
+
+	EOT
+	[ "$1" ] && exit $1
+}
+
+module_path()
+{
+	if [ "$module" ]; then
+		echo $module.$1
+		return
+	fi
+	echo $1
+}
+
+cmd_create_init()
+{
+	local import_submodules=0
+	local e f files base extracted module_path
+	local del="-------------------------- generated by $myname"
+	echo "# >> $del >>"
+	echo "from pkgutil import extend_path"
+	echo "from typing import Iterable"
+	echo "__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__) # type: ignore" # was "type Iterable[str]"
+	files="$*"
+	for f in $files; do
+		test -d $f && continue
+		base=${f##*/}
+		base=${base%.py}
+		if [ "$sed_extract_command" ]; then
+			#echo running $sed_extract_command on $f
+			extracted=`sed "$sed_extract_command" $f`
+			#extracted="$sed_extract_command"
+			for e in $extracted; do
+				echo "from `module_path $base` import $e"
+			done
+		fi
+	done
+	if [ "$import_submodules" = 1 ]; then
+		for f in $files; do
+			[ -f $f/__init__.py ] && echo "import `module_path $f` as $f"
+		done
+	fi
+	echo "# << $del <<"
+}
+
+# --------------------- here we go
+
+myname=`basename $0`
+
+eval set -- `getopt -o 'he:m:' "$@"`
+while [ "$1" != -- ]; do
+case $1 in
+	-e)
+		sed_extract_command="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	-m)
+		module=$2
+		shift
+		;;
+	-h)
+		usage 0;;
+	*)
+		echo unknown argument $1
+		usage 1;;
+esac
+shift
+done
+shift
+
+cmd=cmd_${1//-/_}
+shift
+
+eval $cmd $*