Yes, Perl is an excellent choice for this problem. You will need to look into one of the many HTML parsers available on CPAN, such as HTML::Parser or my personal fav, HTML::TokeParser.

Once you find the right 'keys' to extract the target info, i assume you will want to store them somewhere, such as a database. You will need to look into the DBI modules on CPAN.

If you are planning on using Perl to _convert_ each entire page into .asp - well, that's going to be a bit tougher. You are going to need some man hours any way you slice it. If the pages have a lot of commonality then the task will be easier, but you still need to plan this one out. My experience in the past with porting scripts and such is usually to issue a ton of clever Perl one-liner substitutions only to find that i still have to make some changes by hand.

Good luck, and keep it legal ;)

jeffa

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Find and replace by jeffa
in thread Find and replace by dvdauthority

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