I am working on a simple website. It has to search quite a few text files in different sub-folders. The rest of the page uses jquery, so I would like to use it for this also. The function I am looking at is .get() for downloading the files. So my main question is, can I test this on my local computer (Ubuntu Linux) or do I have to have it uploaded to a server?

Also, if there's a better way to go about this, that would be nice to know. However, I'm more worried about getting it working.

Thanks, Frankie

PS: Heres the JS/jQuery code for downloading the files to an array.

    g_lists = new Array();
    $(":checkbox").each(function(i){
        if ($(this).attr("name") != "0")
        {
            var path = "../" + $(this).attr("name") + ".txt";
            $("#bot").append("<br />" + path); // debug
            $.get(path, function(data){
            g_lists[i] = data;
            $("#bot").html(data);
            });
        }
        else
        {
            g_lists[i] = "";
        }
    });

Edit: Just a note about the path variable. I think it's correct, but I'm not 100% sure. I'm new to web development. Here's some examples it produces and the directory tree of the site. Maybe it will help, can't hurt.

.
+-- include
¦   +-- jquery.js
¦   +-- load.js
+-- index.xhtml
+-- style.css
+-- txt    
     +-- Scripting_Tools
        +-- Editors.txt
        +-- Other.txt

Examples of path:

../txt/Scripting_Tools/Editors.txt
../txt/Scripting_Tools/Other.txt

Well I'm a new user, so I can't "answer" my own question, so I'll just post it here:

After asking for help on a IRC chat channel specific to jQuery, I was told I could use this on a local host. To do this I installed Apache web server, and copied my site into it's directory. More information on setting it up can be found here: http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_debian_lamp_server

Then to run the site I navigated my browser to "localhost" and everything works.