Start a local http server with Python

You can spawn a simple http server in your localhost with a single line using Python from your command line.

Python 2.x

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Python 3.x

python -m http.server 8000
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Or, if you don't have an alias perhaps:

python3 -m http.server 8000
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