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Created May 9, 2013 10:30
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# Start an HTTP server from a directory, optionally specifying the port
function server() {
# Default to port 8000
local port="${1:-8000}"
# Since the one-liner blocks, we open the browser beforehand. However, we want to
# wait just a couple of seconds since the server will not be ready just yet.
# Also, I think Linux users should be able to use 'xdg-open' ('open' is for OS X).
( sleep 2; open "http://localhost:${port}/" ) &
python -m SimpleHTTPServer "$port"
}
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