download file from http server

[northernbloke]

I am looking after our intranet. One of the sections is about virus alerts.

I am wanting to write a perl script that can download a text file from the following address:

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/infofeed/topten.txt

The script will need to be run outside the browser (via launchpad). Is there a simple module to help or am I missing the point.

Cheers for any thoughts.

 

[raider2001]

The LWP module is what you want.

use LWP::Simple;
$content = get("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/infofeed/topten.txt");[/URL]

 

[northernbloke]

Thanks,

That is so easy to use, Why couldnt I find it ?

Many humble rumblings..