Want to take input via web form, manipulate it, which is text and send it back to the user as a file to download without writing to disk. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use CGI qw(:standard);
 print header;
  print start_html('Download'),
   h1('Download'),
   start_form,
 p,
   "Feet? ",textfield(-name=>'feet', -size=>5),
   "Inches? ",textfield(-name=>'inches', -size=>5),
 p,
  submit(-value=>'Create File'),
   end_form,
 hr;

if (param()) {
$feet=param('feet');
$inches=param('inches');
$filename=param('feet') . param('inches') . '.txt';
        
$tape = <<END;
It is $feet ft. $inches in.
END

# print header(-type=> "application/octet-stream",
#             -charset=>'UTF-8',
#             -attachment=>$filename);
# print $tape,
             
print "Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=$filename\n";
print "Content-Disposition:attachment; filename=$filename\"\n\n";
print $tape;
}

[download]

the browser window shows

Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=53.txt Content-Disposition:attachment; filename=53.txt" It is 5 ft. 3 in.

I haven't been able to get the download part to work however I can see the text by viewing source.

Thanks, Darrell

In reply to Web form creates txt file and downloads scalar as a file by redmustang

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