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Shell function to start a server
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serve.sh
# Add this to your .profile
# Typing `serve` with no arguments will start the PHP inbuilt
# server, listening on port 8000.
# If you provide an argument, that is assumed to be the port
# on which to listen.
function serve() {
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
php -S localhost:8000
else
php -S localhost:"$@"
fi
}
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