a single shot web server

single-shot.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [[ -z $1 ]] ; then
  echo "File argument missing" 1>&2
  exit 1
else
  file="$1"
fi

if [[ -z $2 ]] ; then
  echo "Serving on port 8080"
  port="8080"
else
  port="$2"
fi

{ echo -ne "http/1.0 200 ok\r\ncontent-length: $(wc -c <$file)\r\nContent-Type: plain/text\r\n\r\n"; cat $file; } | netcat -l -p $port