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installation:

$ npm install --save express

usage

option 1

$ node ./static-server.js [port]

(default port is 3000)

option 2

$ chmod +x ./index.js

put it on your $PATH, then:

$ static-server.js [port]

(default port is 3000)

static-server.js

#! /usr/bin/env node

const express = require('express')
const server = express()

// serve whatever directory you run the command from
const dir = process.cwd()
server.use(express.static(dir))

// the default port is 3000

let port = 3000

// if the last argument passed into the command is a number,
// use that as the port instead

// sometimes parsing fails, but we don't want
// that to halt the program.
try {
  const lastArgument = process.argv[process.argv.length - 1]
  const number = JSON.parse(lastArgument)
  if (typeof number === 'number') port = number
} catch (e) {}

server.listen(port)

console.log(`serving on port ${port}`)
console.log(dir)