Download image from URL

In case you cannot go loading server modules such as a virtual, use this method.

my $lynx = "/path/to/lynx"; # obtain with 'which lynx'
system("$lynx -dump $argv[0] >> $argv[1]");

Use like scriptname.pl http://www.somedomain.com/images/mygif.gif mygif.gif

~K Black

In case you cannot go loading server modules such as a virtual, use this method.

my $lynx = "/path/to/lynx"; # obtain with 'which lynx'
system("$lynx -dump $argv[0] >> $argv[1]");

Use like scriptname.pl http://www.somedomain.com/images/mygif.gif mygif.gif

~K Black

if you have wget, its even easier..

#!/usr/bin/perl

`wget http://www.yahoo.com/file.jpg`;


you can easily execute any shell command in perl by using the back tick operator  (upper left hand corner of the keyboard).

the stdout of the command will be put into any variable you assign.

ie $myvar = `ls`;

will get you all the files/folders in a directory

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