use strict; use Win32; my $date = sprintf("%04d%02d%0d", (localtime)[5]+1900, (localtime)[4]+1, (localtime)[3] ); my $url = "www.moviefone.com/showtimes/closesttheaters.adp?date=$date\&skip=5"; my $command = Win32::GetShortPathName( "C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/IEXPLORE.EXE" ); $command = qq($command "$url"); print "$command"; ''.; exec( $command );