diff --git a/scripts/nc_play/README.md b/scripts/nc_play/README.md
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+This directory is simply to play around with nc. Eventually the hope is to
+replace live-server with a nc/websockets implementation in bash.
diff --git a/scripts/nc_play/index.html b/scripts/nc_play/index.html
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+
+
+
+
+
+ test
+
+
+ This is a test, and this is more.
+
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/nc_play/index.js b/scripts/nc_play/index.js
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+console.log('hi')
diff --git a/scripts/nc_play/nk b/scripts/nc_play/nk
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+servefile="$1"
+port="$2"
+
+main() {
+ while :
+ do
+ echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\n$(cat "$servefile")" | nc -l -p "$port" -q 1
+ done
+}
+
+main
diff --git a/scripts/nk b/scripts/nk
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-servefile="$1"
-
-while :
-do
- # echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\n$(echo 'Hi there
')" | nc -l -k -p 8080 -q 1
- echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\n$(cat "$servefile")" | nc -l -k -p 8080 -q 1
-done