Sorry!!
I am dumbass of the month because my server admin has just mailed me to tell me that LWP has only just been configured.
I am not a great fan of modules because I feel it is cheating when you are a beginner (arguement follows for sure).
The raw code for the job seems to be something like:
open(FILE "http://www.perl.org:80");
GET http/1.....etc
As I am not a great unix monk, could someone finnish this so that I would be the more wiser.
Thanks