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python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

That’s Python 2. In Python 3 it’s

    python -m http.server 8000

On MacOS, it seems that python 2 is still the default so the right command is :

python3 -m http.server 8000

It's strange that this comment chain is trying to teach agys about how to use SimpleHTTPServer when their comment says they tried it and it didn't work for them.

Thanks :)

Both Python (v2 and v3) servers work more or less but they have an issue: the first page load takes about 30 seconds on my machine, usually. I never figured out why exactly and that’s why I started using the PHP server.

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