script to probe web page instead of a file

From: Dan Kirkpatrick <dkirk_at_suhep.phy.syr.edu>
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 15:47:19 -0400

Do you know if you can use perl or another shell script to grab a number
from a remote web page rather than a file?

I need to query a web page that a printer provides as to page count before
and after a print.

Do we have any perl books?

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Computer Systems Manager
Department of Physics
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
http://www.phy.syr.edu/~dkirk Fax: (315) 443-9103
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