title: How do I write a Perl script to use curl to process a URL?
body: <p>I have a very simple task. I have a crontab that will run a script every hour. The script is meant to simply process a URL.</p>
  
  <p>This is what I have. It doesn't work. I get a syntax error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>#!/usr/bin/perl
  curl http://domain.com/page.html;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I haven't worked in Perl in years and wasn't very adept when I did.</p>
  
  <p><strong>SOLUTION</strong></p>
  
  <p>Thanks, Alex for pointing me to the correct path!</p>
  
  <p>crontab</p>
  
  <pre><code>*/30 * * * * curl http://domain.com/path.html
  </code></pre>