use LWP::UserAgent; use LWP::Simple; use HTTP::Request::Common; $link = "http://www.mycorpsite.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+emd.query?full=yes&uid=lamer"; $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; $req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $link); $results = $ua->request(HTTP::Request::Common::HEAD($link))->as_string; print "$results";