Fetching web pages

[John Nolan <jpnolan@sonic.net>]

> 
> Create a Perl script to read a Web page.
> 
> Here are my problems:
> 
> 	1. My Unix Web hosts don't have LWP installed (I know, move -)
> 	2. Don't want to reinvent the wheel.
> 
> 	Though I could install LWP in my cgi directory but installation progam
> bombs without root access.


You might want to try using netcat.  Netcat can be used 
for barebones network connections, including fetching a web page.  

  http://www.l0pht.com/~weld/netcat/index.html

You will need to use the system command to invoke netcat,
but this is often the simplest way to open a network connection.

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