Opens pydoc in your browser

#!/bin/bash
PYDOC=`which pydoc`
if [ ! -x ${PYDOC} ]
then
echo "could not find executable pydoc (tried: ${PYDOC})"
exit 1
fi
# passthru ...
if [ $# -gt 0 ]
then
${PYDOC} $@
exit $?
fi
#--------------------------------------
# or else... start it up automagically :
PYDOC_PORT=9000
PYDOC_SERVER=http://localhost:${PYDOC_PORT}/
running=0
pydoc_pses=0
function browse_docs()
{
open ${PYDOC_SERVER}
}
for ps in `ps ax grep "${PYDOC}" awk '{ print $1 }'`
do
let pydoc_pses++
done
if [ $pydoc_pses -ge 2 ]
then
browse_docs
else
${PYDOC} -p ${PYDOC_PORT} &
until `curl -o /dev/null ${PYDOC_SERVER} &>/dev/null`
do
echo "waiting for pydoc server ..."
sleep 2
done
browse_docs
fi
exit 0