You could use several modules to "download" the text WWW::Mechanize, LWP, or LWP::Simple. If it's only grabbing the text file something as simple as perl -MLWP::Simple -e "getprint 'http://www.perlmonks.com?node_id=448323'" > somefile.txt should work on the commandline (or similar using WWW::Mechanize though I can't think of it off the top of my head). Then search CPAN for converting text to html (text2html or HTML::FromText come to mind).
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LWP and txt2html? What am I missing here?
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LWP::Simple will provide an easy way to grab them (and images as well, if you want to use a single mechanism). As for converting to html, do you have a sample of the text and desired output? | [reply] |
Thanks for getting back to me. Here is a sample of what I want to download:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/PHI/CFWPHI
What I want to do is save the file to my computer and then retrieve it later on using Internet Explorer. Is there a way I can take the file and save it as an html file?
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Ah, weather data.. IE can read .txt files just fine, so if you want it as-is, can just save as .txt locally somewhere.
You might also look at something like (or search for others) Geo::WeatherNOAA to do the work of getting and parsing the data for you -- then you can create whatever formatted output you like.
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