Re: Lynx scripting, or similar

[Marina Brown <marina@surferz.net>]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Dom De Vitto wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've searched the archives (repeatedly) and gone through 16 pages
> of google results, but nothing.....
> 
> "A while ago" someone asked here about scripted http interaction
> - like running a script that talks to lynx.  Someone replied with
> another text browser/tool that made this "easy".
> 
> Does anyone who what that tool/browser was? Or have any other ideas ?
> (I've considered expect+lynx, but it's kludgy IMO).
> 

Lynx can easilly be run in a non-interactive fashion - take a look
at the Lynx man page. I often use it in scripting. One of the
applications i did was to download stock quotes for a professional
trader from her passwd'd service.

Marina Brown


> Thanks in advance,
> Dom
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