Perl Newbie Question

[Nadine]

Hey all, I'm new to Perl, trying to create a Perl script that retrieves text
from another web page, does anyone know of any similar examples on the net
or anything? I just want something simple to get me going really. I'm
assuming I'd use HTTP::Request?

TIA

 

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Hey all, I'm new to Perl, trying to create a Perl script that
retrieves text from another web page, does anyone know of any
similar examples on the net or anything? I just want something
simple to get me going really. I'm assuming I'd use HTTP::Request?

Check out LWP::Simple. (It makes use of HTTP::Request, among other
things, behind the scenes.)

 

[David K. Wall]

Hey all, I'm new to Perl, trying to create a Perl script that
retrieves text from another web page, does anyone know of any
similar examples on the net or anything? I just want something
simple to get me going really. I'm assuming I'd use HTTP::Request?

Try LWP::Simple -- it may be all you need.