I can do you one better, if (as it appears) you're trying to get information about a UPS package that's en route somewhere.

The Business::UPS module will allow you to query UPS and get back useful information. To quote from the POD:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use Business:UPS;

%t = UPStrack("z10192ixj29j39");
$t{error} and die "ERROR: $t{error};

print "This package is $t{'Current Status'}\n"; # 'Delivered' or 
                                                # 'In-transit'
print "More info:\n";
foreach $key (keys %t) {
  print "KEY: $key = $t{$key}\n";
}

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In reply to Re: Is this a correct way of obtaining input from a file? by myocom
in thread Is this a correct way of obtaining input from a file? by cecil36

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