serve current directory from command line
#Simplest way possible (thanks Aaron Patterson/n0kada):
ruby -run -e httpd . -p 9090
# I have this in my .bashrc :
function serve {
port="${1:-3000}"
ruby -run -e httpd . -p $port
}
# It serves the current directory on port 3000 by default, but you can also specify the port:
~ $ cd tmp
~/tmp $ serve # ~/tmp served on port 3000
~/tmp $ cd ../www
~/www $ serve 5000 # ~/www served on port 5000