httpserve

#!/bin/bash
# Quickly serve files over HTTP

# Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com>

usage="usage: `basename $0` PATH [PORT]" 

if [ $# -ne 1 ] && [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
    echo $usage >&2
    exit 1
fi

case $1 in 
    "-h" | "-H" | "--help" ) echo $usage; exit;;
    * ) path=$1; port=$2;;
esac

if [ ! -d $path ]; then
    echo "error: $path is not a directory" >&2
    exit 1
fi

cd $path
python -m SimpleHTTPServer $port