Hi all,

I'm helping out upload information about research publications. There is a jsp on the server which processes fields from a web interface into the database. Rather than input in each indivdual pub by cutting and pasting, I wanted to use a tab-delineated file of the pub information. I must be googling and searching for the wrong topic, because all I get are CGI tutorials. What would be a good way to fill out all the fields from the command-line and have it loop through my text file? Please forgive me for the simple question, and thank you for any hints or help.

Here's an abbreviated piece of the form. Very simple stuff 

<form ACTION="addpub.jsp" METHOD="POST"><br />
<textarea rows="3" name="title" cols="75" WRAP></textarea><br />
<textarea rows="3" name="author" cols="75" WRAP></textarea><br />
...

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In reply to Automatically fill out web forms from the command line by MistaMuShu

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