Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Cookies;
use strict;
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();
my $cookie_jar = HTTP::Cookies->new();
$ua->cookie_jar( $cookie_jar );
$cookie_jar->set_cookie(
1, # version
'username', # key
'jack', # value
'/', # path
'http://www.example.com', # domain
'', # port
0, # path_spec
0, # secure
999999, # maxage
0, # discard
{} # rest
);
my $res = $ua->get("http://www.example.com/");
if ($res->decoded_content=~/Your name is = (\w+)/i){
print "name = $1";
}