Single Line HTTP Server and Webpage

single-line-httpserver-and-webpage.sh

# This is a single line command to executed directly in the CLI. This will NOT run as a shell script
# as-is. This assumes you have Python installed and should work on any Mac OS X system and most 
# linux systems.
# 
# This changes to the user's home directory, creates and changes into a public_html directory, 
# creates a file called index.html with the contents "Hello, {username}", starts a Python HTTP server,
# and finally attempts to open your default browser to the webpage. If this last step doesn't happen,
# simply open a browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:8080. 

cd && mkdir public_html && cd public_html && echo 'Hello,' $USER >> index.html && python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080 & open http://127.0.0.1:8080