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 ## Available Options:
 
-`-p` or `--port` Port to use (defaults to 8080). Use `-p 0` to look for an open port, starting at 8080. It will also read from `process.env.PORT`.
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-`-a` Address to use (defaults to 0.0.0.0)
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-`-d` Show directory listings (defaults to `true`)
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-`-i` Display autoIndex (defaults to `true`)
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-`-g` or `--gzip` When enabled (defaults to `false`) it will serve `./public/some-file.js.gz` in place of `./public/some-file.js` when a gzipped version of the file exists and the request accepts gzip encoding. If brotli is also enabled, it will try to serve brotli first.
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-`-b` or `--brotli` When enabled (defaults to `false`) it will serve `./public/some-file.js.br` in place of `./public/some-file.js` when a brotli compressed version of the file exists and the request accepts `br` encoding. If gzip is also enabled, it will try to serve brotli first.
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-`-e` or `--ext` Default file extension if none supplied (defaults to `html`)
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-`-s` or `--silent` Suppress log messages from output
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-`--cors` Enable CORS via the `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header
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-`-o [path]` Open browser window after starting the server. Optionally provide a URL path to open. e.g.: -o /other/dir/
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-`-c` Set cache time (in seconds) for cache-control max-age header, e.g. `-c10` for 10 seconds (defaults to `3600`). To disable caching, use `-c-1`.
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-`-U` or `--utc` Use UTC time format in log messages.
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-`--log-ip` Enable logging of the client's IP address (default: `false`).
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-`-P` or `--proxy` Proxies all requests which can't be resolved locally to the given url. e.g.: -P http://someurl.com
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-`--username` Username for basic authentication [none]
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-`--password` Password for basic authentication [none]
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-`-S` or `--ssl` Enable https.
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-`-C` or `--cert` Path to ssl cert file (default: `cert.pem`).
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-`-K` or `--key` Path to ssl key file (default: `key.pem`).
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-`-r` or `--robots` Provide a /robots.txt (whose content defaults to `User-agent: *\nDisallow: /`)
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-`--no-dotfiles` Do not show dotfiles
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-`--mimetypes` Path to a .types file for custom mimetype definition
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-`-h` or `--help` Print this list and exit.
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-`-v` or `--version` Print the version and exit.
+| Command         | 	Description         | Defaults  |
+| -------------  |-------------|-------------|
+|`-p` or `--port` |Port to use. Use `-p 0` to look for an open port, starting at 8080. It will also read from `process.env.PORT`. |8080 |
+|`-a`   |Address to use |0.0.0.0|
+|`-d`     |Show directory listings |`true` |
+|`-i`   | Display autoIndex | `true` |
+|`-g` or `--gzip` |When enabled it will serve `./public/some-file.js.gz` in place of `./public/some-file.js` when a gzipped version of the file exists and the request accepts gzip encoding. If brotli is also enabled, it will try to serve brotli first.|`false`|
+|`-b` or `--brotli`|When enabled it will serve `./public/some-file.js.br` in place of `./public/some-file.js` when a brotli compressed version of the file exists and the request accepts `br` encoding. If gzip is also enabled, it will try to serve brotli first. |`false`|
+|`-e` or `--ext`  |Default file extension if none supplied |`html` | 
+|`-s` or `--silent` |Suppress log messages from output  | |
+|`--cors` |Enable CORS via the `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header  | |
+|`-o [path]` |Open browser window after starting the server. Optionally provide a URL path to open. e.g.: -o /other/dir/ | |
+|`-c` |Set cache time (in seconds) for cache-control max-age header, e.g. `-c10` for 10 seconds. To disable caching, use `-c-1`.|`3600` |
+|`-U` or `--utc` |Use UTC time format in log messages.| |
+|`--log-ip` |Enable logging of the client's IP address |`false` |
+|`-P` or `--proxy` |Proxies all requests which can't be resolved locally to the given url. e.g.: -P http://someurl.com | |
+|`--username` |Username for basic authentication | |
+|`--password` |Password for basic authentication | |
+|`-S` or `--ssl` |Enable https.| |
+|`-C` or `--cert` |Path to ssl cert file |`cert.pem` | 
+|`-K` or `--key` |Path to ssl key file |`key.pem` |
+|`-r` or `--robots` | Automatically provide a /robots.txt (The content of which defaults to `User-agent: *\nDisallow: /`)  | `false` |
+|`--no-dotfiles` |Do not show dotfiles| |
+|`--mimetypes` |Path to a .types file for custom mimetype definition| |
+|`-h` or `--help` |Print this list and exit. |   |
+|`-v` or `--version`|Print the version and exit. | |
 
 ## Magic Files