How to view a linux file?

Is there a way to use Python's http server modules to enable me to view a log file residing on a Linux box?

• I tried the python -m SimpleHTTPServer way, but it asks me to save the log file. What I want is that the browser should display the file content, rather than asking me to save it. (Here, the directory may be pre-defined, but the log file names keep changing) In other words, I want to tell my app developers : Hey guys, here is the URL which lists the log files. Click on your log file, and you will see what is going on in real time. Any ideas? Thanks a bunch

• Answer:

  A simple `python -m http.server` should suffice. My guesstimate is that the log files you are trying to serve have a non-standard extension, with respect to webpages. This includes files with a .log extension. If you want your users to be able to directly view the files in their browsers, simply rename the log files to have a .txt extension. Browsers seem to have a white list of file extensions which are displayed in the browser, all others are considered binary objects and downloaded.