How can I download a file via http?

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How can I download a file via http?

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How can I download a file via http?

Answer:

You could make a system call to lynx and read the input. This puts a bit more load on your computer and should not be used if you are going to retrieve many documents.

You have more control and a more efficient solution using the LWP package (second part in the code below).


	# invoking lynx $html_code = `lynx -source http://www.yahoo.com/`; $text_data = `lynx -dump http://www.yahoo.com/`; # using LWP use LWP::Simple; $content = get('http://www.yahoo.com');

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