running cgi from unix prompt

[robertRRR]

Hi ,

is it possible to run cgi which uses post parameter values from the unix prompt in stead of the webserver..
and if so how.. is this done..



thanks a lot,

robert

 

[fishiface]

If you're using CGI.pm it's simple: supply name=value pairs on the command line. You can even

use CGI qw/ -debug /;

in which case it will prompt you interactively for name=value pairs at run-time.

http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/CGI.html#DEBUGGING

gives more info.

Yours,


fish

"As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as
easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered.
I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life
from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs."
--Maurice Wilk

 

[CherylD]

Or if you know what name value pairs you are using you can leave the script as is and run via command line like:

perl script.cgi name=value name=value name=value

 

[PaulTEG]

You could also accept a number of parameters at runtime

perl myscript.pl Atlanta San-Diego

and in the script
#!/usr/bin/perl

$city1=$ARGV[0];$city2=$ARGV[1];
...


HTH
Paul

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