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Starting and stopping simple HTTP server in background on Linux. After starting server and closing terminal, server should keep running
# starting simple HTTP server with Python in background
screen -d -m python -m SimpleHTTPServer 7777
# killing process running with screen in background
kill -9 `top -n 1 | pgrep screen`
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