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Running a Python SimpleHTTPServer in the background and killing it when doneSimpleHTTPServer
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Create a page in the current dir
echo "My Test Page" > test.html
# Start server
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 &> /dev/null &
pid=$!
# Give server time to start up
sleep 1
# request page and print to stdout
wget -O - http://0.0.0.0:8000/test.html 2> /dev/null
# Stop server
kill "${pid}"
# Output on running script:
# My Test Page
@saymoncoppi
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Hey Guys! Great tip... I made a similar to use CGI:
python -m CGIHTTPServer 8000
(put the files under the /cgi-bin folder and apply chmod a+x to those files)

@greenmind-sec
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Very nice :D
Using Python3: python3 -m http.server --cgi 8009 &> /dev/null &

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