Notes for video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8DlTAHx5o download location: https://github.com/tualatrix/tools/blob/master/SimpleHTTPServerWithUpload.py or https://code.google.com/p/autosetup1/downloads/detail?name=SimpleHTTPServerWithUpload.py commands used: # give execute permissions to script chmod +x SimpleHTTPServerWithUpload.py # run script manually python2.7 SimpleHTTPServerWithUpload.py # edit bashrc with nano nano ~/.bashrc Ctrl+o, Enter, Ctrl+x --> save file and exit # functions for ~/.bashrc httpserver() { python2.7 ~/tmp/SimpleHTTPServerWithUpload.py ${1:-8000} ;}