httpserve

#!/bin/bash
# Quickly serve files over HTTP

# Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com>

usage="usage: `basename $0` PATH [PORT]" 

if [ $# -ne 1 ] && [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
    echo $usage >&2
    exit 1
fi

case $1 in 
    "-h" | "-H" | "--help" ) echo $usage; exit;;
    * ) path=$1; port=$2;;
esac

if [ ! -d $path ]; then
    echo "error: $path is not a directory" >&2
    exit 1
fi

cd $path
python -m SimpleHTTPServer $port

unique

def unique(items):
    '''Remove duplicate items from a sequence, preserving order

    >>> unique([1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4, 2])
    [1, 2, 3, 4]
    >>> unique([2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1])
    [2, 1]
    >>> unique([1, 2, 3, 4])
    [1, 2, 3, 4]
    >>> unique([])
    []
    '''
    seen = set()

    def is_new(obj, seen=seen, add=seen.add):
        if obj in seen:
            return 0
        add(obj)
        return 1

    return filter(is_new, items)

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