ahmedelgabri · December 22, 2020 08:46 · Dec 26, 2013 · Dec 25, 2013 · Dec 25, 2013
diff --git a/gistfile1.md b/gistfile1.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ A Modified function of Paul Irish's [StaticServer shell function](https://github
 ### How it works
 
 ```shell
-$ staticServer <lang> <port>
+$ staticServer <lang> <port> #port is optional, default is 8000
 ```
 
 Here is an example of how to use it

diff --git a/gistfile2.sh b/gistfile2.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ staticServer() {
     open "http://localhost:${port}/"
 
     if [[ "$1" == "ruby" ]]; then
-        ruby -run -ehttpd . -p$2
+        ruby -run -ehttpd . -p$port
     elif [[ "$1" == "php" ]]; then
-        php -S localhost:$2
+        php -S localhost:$port
     else
         # 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)

diff --git a/gistfile1.md b/gistfile1.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Static server shell function
 
-A Modified function of Paul Irish's [StaticServer shell function](https://github.com/paulirish/dotfiles/blob/master/.functions#L25-L32) according to [this gist](https://gist.github.com/willurd/5720255) You can run static servers for many languages.
+A Modified function of Paul Irish's [StaticServer shell function](https://github.com/paulirish/dotfiles/blob/master/.functions#L25-L32), according to [this gist](https://gist.github.com/willurd/5720255) You can run static servers for many languages.
 
 ### How it works
 

diff --git a/gistfile1.md b/gistfile1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+## Static server shell function
+
+A Modified function of Paul Irish's [StaticServer shell function](https://github.com/paulirish/dotfiles/blob/master/.functions#L25-L32) according to [this gist](https://gist.github.com/willurd/5720255) You can run static servers for many languages.
+
+### How it works
+
+```shell
+$ staticServer <lang> <port>
+```
+
+Here is an example of how to use it
+```shell
+$ staticServer ruby 9000
+```
+
+I'm a shell newbie so I'm sure this can be done in a better way, so fork it, modify it & make it better.
diff --git a/gistfile2.sh b/gistfile2.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Start an HTTP server from a directory, optionally specifying the port
+staticServer() {
+    local port="${2:-8000}"
+    open "http://localhost:${port}/"
+
+    if [[ "$1" == "ruby" ]]; then
+        ruby -run -ehttpd . -p$2
+    elif [[ "$1" == "php" ]]; then
+        php -S localhost:$2
+    else
+        # 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"
+    fi
+}