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Asked: 2026-06-03T03:14:17+00:00

When I run python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 or python -m CGIHTTPServer 8000 in my

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When I run python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 or python -m CGIHTTPServer 8000 in my shell I am hosting the content of my current directory to the internet.

I would like to make the following cgi_script.py work correctly using the above command in the command line when I browse to 192.xxx.x.xx:8000/cgi_script.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
print "Content-Type: text/html"
print
print """\
<html>
<body>
<h2>Hello World!</h2>
</body>
</html>
"""

But this script is displayed literally and not only the “Hello World!” part.
Btw I changed the file permissions to 755 for cgi_script.py as well as the folder I am hosting it from.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try with python -m CGIHTTPServer 8000.

    Note that you have to move the script to a cgi-bin or htbin directory in order to be runnable.

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