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Starting and stopping simple HTTP server in background on Linux. After starting server and closing terminal, server should keep running
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| # starting simple HTTP server with Python in background | |
| screen -d -m python -m SimpleHTTPServer 7777 | |
| # or for Python 3.x | |
| screen -d -m python -m http.server 7777 | |
| # killing process running with screen in background | |
| kill -9 `top -n 1 | pgrep screen` |
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