title: Accidentally deleted /usr/bin/python instead of /usr/local/bin/python on OS X/macOS, how to restore?
body: <p>I had so many Python installations that it was getting frustrating, so I decided to do a full reinstall. I removed the <code>/Library/Frameworks/Python.Frameworks/</code> folder, and meant to remove the <code>/usr/local/bin/python</code> folder too, but I accidentally removed the <code>/usr/bin/python</code> instead. I don't see any difference, everything seems to be working fine for now, but I've read multiple articles online saying that I should never touch <code>/usr/bin/python</code> as OS X uses it and things will break.</p>
  
  <p>I tried Time Machine but there are no viable recovery options. How can I manually "restore" what was deleted? Do I even need to, since everything seems to be working fine for now? I haven't restarted the Mac yet, in fear that things might break.</p>
  
  <p>I believe the exact command I ran was <code>rm -rf /usr/bin/python*</code>, and I don't have anything python related in my <code>/usr/bin/</code> folder.</p>
  
  <p>I'm running on macOS Mojave 10.14.5</p>