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one liner to run a web server from a windows command prompt
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run-web-server.bat
powershell -command "$l = New-Object System.Net.HttpListener ; $l.Prefixes.Add('http://+:8080/'); $l.Start(); while ($l.IsListening) { $c = $l.GetContext() ; $q = $c.Request; Write-Output (date); $r = $c.Response ; $m = [System.Text.ASCIIEncoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(((gci -path env:*) | Out-String)); $r.ContentLength64 = $m.Length ; $r.OutputStream.Write($m, 0, $m.Length) ; $r.OutputStream.Dispose(); }"
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