Automating programs

From: wd10 (nospam_at_nospam.invalid)
Date: 09/26/05 

Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:03:11 -0400

What is the best way to automate programs in Linux?

I use Lynx to extract text from web sites and save to a file and then I
want to rename the output files and do things for them. I know there must
be a way to avoid all the typing.

Is is possible to automate programs, for example:
* start Firefox
* go to my web page
* save my web page, or take a screenshot
* save file and maybe manipulate it, shrink, output as jpg, or whatever --
append to HTML file and FTP it to a remote server?

The previous example is just a random idea... the
purpose is to learn how to automate my programs.

What should I learn to do this? Should I figure out how to do it in Perl,
or is there another way?

Thanks

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