From 958517dcf4210aefffcafa3cc41f4ebb4edd5e36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathias Bynens <mathias@qiwi.be>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:42:42 +0100
Subject: Replace the `server` alias with a function that optionally takes an
 argument specifying the port number
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Inspired by @padolsey’s https://gist.github.com/1525217#gistcomment-71652.
---
 .aliases   | 2 ++
 .functions | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.aliases b/.aliases
index 951fe69..6175f27 100644
--- a/.aliases
+++ b/.aliases
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ alias undopush="git push -f origin HEAD^:master"
 alias ip="dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com"
 alias localip="ipconfig getifaddr en1"
 alias ips="ifconfig -a | perl -nle'/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/ && print $1'"
+
+# Enhanced WHOIS lookups
 alias whois="whois -h whois-servers.net"
 
 # Flush Directory Service cache
diff --git a/.functions b/.functions
index a6a576d..4301825 100644
--- a/.functions
+++ b/.functions
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ function md() {
 	mkdir -p "$@" && cd "$@"
 }
 
+# Start an HTTP server from a directory, optionally specifying the port
+function server() {
+	local port="$1"
+	[ -z "$port" ] && port=8000
+	open "http://localhost:${port}/" && python -m SimpleHTTPServer "$port"
+}
+
 # Test if HTTP compression (RFC 2616 + SDCH) is enabled for a given URL.
 # Send a fake UA string for sites that sniff it instead of using the Accept-Encoding header. (Looking at you, ajax.googleapis.com!)
 function httpcompression() {
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