The reason for not going to ftp is that, best I can tell, I can only download the data based on what was uploaded on a given day. Everything for every day would have to be filtered through and deleted to get just the files I need (well under 5% of the universe). I don't have the hardware for it.

Using the website, it seemed like I could put various firm "CIK" codes into a data file and then access and parse the table information. Then I just download just the firm-form combinations I needed, possibly renaming in the process to make more descriptive.

For those giving me the great links to things that could help, is there any way I could trouble you for some "for dummies" level sample code or even for the site in question? Otherwise I suspect I'm just going to be staring at cpan.org with a very confused look on my face for a very long time to come (it's happened before).

In reply to Re^2: Making an array from a downloaded web page by malomar66
in thread Making an array from a downloaded web page by malomar66

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