Are you able to access this file remotely, like via FTP?
If so, you may want to check out the documentation for Net::FTP

An Example(UNTESTED):

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Net::FTP;

    my $file="filename";
    my $rdir="/path/to/remote/dir";

    my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("yourhost.com", Debug => 0);
    $ftp->login("username",'-username@');
    $ftp->cwd("$rdir");
    $ftp->get("$file");
    $ftp->quit;

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Then, you can either move the file manually, or if your wanting to keep it as automated as possible add something like this:

my $ldir="/path/to/local/script";
system("mv", "$rdir$/$file", "$ldir");

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I also know of some more friendly File Manipulation modules, but have drawn a blank on the names..

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perl -e '$a="3567"; $b=hex($a); printf("%2X\n",$a);'

In reply to Re: Getting remote files by defyance
in thread Getting remote files by Anonymous Monk

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