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Run a local web server with Python
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # enable job control | |
| set -m | |
| port="${1:-8000}"; | |
| # start server, in background | |
| python -m http.server $port & | |
| # get pid | |
| echo "PID: $( pidof python )" | |
| # wait for server to come up | |
| while ! nc -z localhost $port; do sleep 0.1; done; | |
| # open web page | |
| open http://localhost:$port | |
| # bring to foreground | |
| fg %1 |
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