LWP::Simple code use LWP::Simple; my $url = 'https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PIG/PigTutorial'; my $file = 'pigtutorial.tar.gz'; my $status = getstore($url, $file); die "Error $status on $url" unless is_success($status); CURL code my $url = `curl -C - -o pigtutorial.tar.gz https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PIG/PigTutorial`;