How about this approach:

• Create a text file in a directory in your shell's PATH named SimpleHTTPServer.pl
• Paste the following code into the SimpleHTTPServer.pl text file

  #!/usr/bin/env perl
  use HTTP::Daemon;
  my $port = $ARGV[0] || 8000;
  my $d = HTTP::Daemon->new(LocalPort => $port) or die $!;
  print "SimpleHTTPServer.pl listening at: ", $d->url, "\n";
  while (my $c = $d->accept) { 
      while (my $r = $c->get_request) {
          $c->send_file_response(".".$r->url->path);
      }
  }
  [download]

  If on a UNIX/Linux platform make sure to chmod +x SimpleHTTPServer.pl
• cd to the directory of your HTML content
• execute SimpleHTTPServer.pl to create a webserver on port 8000
  or
  execute SimpleHTTPServer.pl PORTNUMBER to create a webserver on port number of your choice
  

The implementation (a perl script) is not a one liner, but the execution (calling the perl script) is...

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