#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict; my $b; my $g; my $r;
die "lynx failed\n" unless open I,"lynx -dump http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/r
esults/FL/index.html|";
while(<I>) { my @j = split; if($j[1]) {$j[1] =~ s/,//g;}
if (/Bush/) { $b = $j[1];} 
elsif (/Gore/) { $g = $j[1];} } 
close I; open O, ">log" or die "log failed\n"; 
my $d = abs($b-$g);
if ($b == $g) {$r="tied!\n";} 
$b < $g ? $r="Gore: $d\n" : $r="Bush: $d\n";
print O "$r"; close O;
open F,"mfile" or die "no mailfile\n"; my $m = <F>; close F;
open(M,"|sendmail -t") or die "couldn't sendmail\n"; print M <<E;
Subject: results
Cc: $m
$r
E
close M; exit;