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Old 07-01-2008, 04:33 AM   #1
abhijeetmirjolkar
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entering username and password for a webpage through shell script

Hi,

I am tryin to open a web page from a shell script
e.g. firefox -url http://portfolio.rediff.com/money/js...watch_home.jsp

Is there any way to enter username and pasword from command line as it is there for FTP

Any information will be a great help

Thanks,
Abhijeet
 
Old 07-01-2008, 05:59 AM   #2
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Simply use firefox to save the username & password.
 
  


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