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).