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Firefox, Safari, Opera: Automatically save a web page and execute a script on the save webpage

Tags: save, page, firefox, web, automatically
I am running Mac OS X 10.4.8 on a MacBook Pro.  I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.2.  I use Firefox to visit the site NutritionData.com to get nutrition information on various foods.  When I find the food I'm looking for, I select the quantity and the nutrition information on the page changes to reflect the quantity.  I then select "File->Save Page As. . ."  Format: Web Page Complete.  After I've saved the file I process the File.html with a perl script I've written.

What I'd like to do is assign a keyboard shortcut in Firefox that

a) Saves the web page I'm viewing in a directory with a random filename.
b) Calls a script with that random filename as an argument.

If this would be easier in Safari or Opera, I'd just as happily use them.
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Zone: Software
Question Asked By: phammann
Solution Provided By: water_foul
Participating Experts: 2
Solution Grade: C
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