i tried to download a text file (the file does not have an extension in the url) using LWP::Simple mirror method and saved the output file locally on my machine. when i accessed the downloaded local file, the content of it has html tags and if statments etc. how do i convert this back into the text file that i see in teh web browser?

the content of the file when viewed in web browser is: 

/vobs/arm_development_suite/.@@/main/5

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what i see in the downloaded file is: 
<HTML>
<!-- File: muserreg/login1.html -->
<!-- Action: ll -->
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Compass - Login Required</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function SubmitCheck( obj )

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any help is much appreciated. thanks

CODE tags added by Arunbear

In reply to downloading a text file from http using LWP by asr055

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