Hi,

The following works from the command line:

wget http://10.10.10.10/csv/UIC_Export_1.CSV

But it does not work from the following Perl script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

wget http://10.10.10.10/csv/UIC_Export_1.CSV;

I get the message:

Number found where operator expected at wget1.pl line 3, near "//10.10.10.10"
(Missing operator before 10.10.10.10?)
syntax error at wget1.pl line 3, near "wget http:"
Execution of wget1.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

I'm totally new to Perl, and would appreciate any help.

- Ivette

Because you are trying to run a system command in your perl script without telling perl what you are trying to do.

Go to perldoc.com and in the search box on the main page enter "system"

You would need something like this;


Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

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And make sure you at leaast add in some error checking =)

Andy & Paul,

Thank you for your help. I'm not a sophisticated programmer (actually not a programmer at all), and appreciate your tips... definitely will take your advice of including some error checking.

I searched for "system" as you suggested, Paul, and found out that I could run a UNIX command in a Perl script by using

system("command");
or

`command`;

Now my little script is working!

- Ivette