use IPC::Run3 'run3'; run3 ['powershell', '-Command', 'Invoke-WebRequest', '-Uri', $uri, '-OutFile', $filename, '-UseDefaultCredentials']; $? and die "run3 failed with \$?=$?"; #### use File::Temp qw/tempfile/; use IPC::Run3 'run3'; sub invoke_webrequest { my $uri = shift; my ($tfh,$tfn) = tempfile(UNLINK=>1); close $tfh; run3 ['powershell', '-Command', 'Invoke-WebRequest', '-Uri', $uri, '-OutFile', $tfn, '-UseDefaultCredentials']; $? and die "run3 failed with \$?=$?"; open my $fh, '<', $tfn or die "$tfn: $!"; my $data = do { local $/; <$fh> }; close $fh; unlink $tfn; return $data; }