Call 'lynx' with Perl

[Jun Zhuang]

Hi:
I tried call a 'lynx' command with my Perl script in Unix:
$gb_file = qx{lynx http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/};
print $gb_file;
I was happy that I saw what I want.
BUT, when I add some query strings, it failed to work.
$gb_file = qx{lynx http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=n&uid=619931&form=6&Dopt=g};
This works fine if under a netscape browser.
But,I got an error mesage under Unix: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez:
No such file or directory.
Is that a problem that "lynx" won't work for query string (CGI)?
Any sugestions to solve the problem(by not use web browser)?
Thanks.

[Gisle Aas]

jzh...@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Jun Zhuang) writes:

> Any sugestions to solve the problem(by not use web browser)?

You could try:

use LWP::Simple;
$gb_file = get "http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=n&uid=619931&form=6&Dopt=g";

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[Tom Phoenix]

On 26 Jun 1997, Jun Zhuang wrote:

> Is that a problem that "lynx" won't work for query string (CGI)?

Isn't that a Lynx question, instead of a Perl question? As near as I can
see, your Perl code is just fine. If you have a problem with something
other than the Perl code, you may be able to find the answer in a
more-suitable forum. Hope this helps!

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[Zenin]

Jun Zhuang <jzh...@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> wrote:
>snip<

> BUT, when I add some query strings, it failed to work.
> $gb_file = qx{lynx http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=n&uid=619931&form=6&Dopt=g};

You've got shell excape chars in there. Quote the URL:

$gb_file = `lynx 'http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=n&uid=619931&form=6&Dopt=g'`;

You'll probably also want the -dump or -source options for lynx.
See man lynx for details.

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