Last month, we looked at how to convert an HTML form on a page into a shell script with command flags and variables that let you have access to all the features of the search box. We tapped into Yahoo ...

I know, there are a million shell scripts waiting to be written to help administer your computer, run your server and fine-tune your back end, but I'm obsessed with scripts that interact with on-line ...

Automating something involving data from the Internet can be confusing when it comes to pages generated by user input. For instance, let’s say you want to scrape data from a page that loads after ...