"browser asks me if I want to open the file or save it... Instead I want it to be executed." As an experiment, I pointed my Firefox browser at a Perl script. There is no "execute" option, but under "open", one of my options under Windows is "Perl Command Line Interpreter (default)" amoungst Notepad and other "open options" for this xxx.pl file. A command line window pops up, script runs and then command line window disappears. Of course my script doesn't generate any HTML or launch a webpage, but I suppose that is possible. Anyway if you "open" the file with Perl, it will be executed.

I don't know that this tid-bit of info helps you. I think something more sophisticated as choroba suggests is what you need? Oh, there is also a way to control Firefox from Perl, WWW-Mechanize-Firefox. That might have some relevance?

In reply to Re: Execute a Perl script in a browser by Marshall
in thread Execute a Perl script in a browser by federico-perlmonks

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