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Add alias to bash_profile to get a quick http server anywhere. Just type H to serve current directory.
# http://stackoverflow.com/a/12269225/670023
# Binds to localhost
alias H="echo 'Serving HTTP on 127.0.0.1 port 8000 ...'; python -c 'import BaseHTTPServer as bhs, SimpleHTTPServer as shs; bhs.HTTPServer((\"127.0.0.1\", 8000), shs.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler).serve_forever()'"
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nice! i don't know why i didn't consider this sooner.

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