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No, the start scripts are dynamically generated using `org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.StartScriptGenerator`.
The jar on the other hand can be found within the `lib/plugins/gradle-wrapper-&lt;version&gt;.jar` directly in the root of the jar.

&gt;  The jar on the other hand can be found within the `lib/plugins/gradle-wrapper-&lt;version&gt;.jar` directly in the root of the jar.
Which jar contains the `gradle-wrapper-&lt;version&gt;.jar`? Or were you referring to the gradle distribution zip? I think I see it there.

That jar is part of the distribution and inside you find the actual `gradle-wrapper.jar` that is written by the `wrapper` task.

Or you just execute Gradle to get the files.