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# wait for a remote server to start up
function wait_for_server() {
  echo -n "waiting for server to start"
  for i in {1..10};
  do
    nc "$1" "$2" < /dev/null && echo && return 0;
    echo -n "."
    sleep 1
  done

  echo "timed out"
  return $?
}

# wait_for_server localhost 8080 && echo "up!"