Extracting data from the Internet

[Disco Stu]

I'm a newbie with Perl and can extract data from Web Pages, but need
guidance on how to use perl to extract files from websites that you
would normally use a browser to download/save to a location.

I've got several text browsers on my RH 9.0 server. Is their some way
with Perl I can pass in enough parameters to the website that I can
get it to download a file to my server.

thanks in advance

scott

 

[Tad McClellan]

how to use perl to extract files from websites that you
would normally use a browser to download/save to a location.

See Perl FAQ part 9 (Networking):

How do I fetch an HTML file?

Is their some way
with Perl I can pass in enough parameters to the website that I can
get it to download a file to my server.

See Perl FAQ part 9 (Networking):

How do I automate an HTML form submission?



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