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# Start an HTTP server from a directory, optionally specifying the port
# Example: 
# $ server
# Or:
# $ server 8002
function server() {
  local port="${1:-8000}"
  (sleep 0.5; open "http://localhost:${port}")&
  # Set the default Content-Type to `text/plain` instead of `application/octet-stream`
  # And serve everything as UTF-8 (although not technically correct, this doesn’t break anything for binary files)
  python -c $'import SimpleHTTPServer;\nmap = SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.extensions_map;\nmap[""] = "text/plain";\nfor key, value in map.items():\n\tmap[key] = value + ";charset=UTF-8";\nSimpleHTTPServer.test();' "$port"
}