Scripting for web

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi all, Sorry if this might irrelevant. but I need to automate a task to download some files from a website. is it possible? or what scripting languaage I should use ? any idea?

  1. open the link
  2. find the link
  3. Go to the the link and download it to specific location

sorry if it sounds a a bit stupid!
regards,
M

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You'll need to be more specific.

How to do so depends on the contents of the webpage -- what the HTML looks like, and what the page demands in for logins and the like.

You can use things like wget or curl to retrieve the pages.

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Please be more specific so that we can find the solution..