function getXmlHttpRequestObject() {
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		return new XMLHttpRequest(); //Not IE
	} else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
		return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); //IE
	} else {
		alert("Your browser doesn't support the XmlHttpRequest object.  Better upgrade to Firefox.");
	}
}			

var receiveReq = getXmlHttpRequestObject();		

function showl() {
	if (receiveReq.readyState == 4 || receiveReq.readyState == 0) {
		command = document.getElementById('First').value;
		var mylink = '/cgi-bin/showl.pl?f=' + command;
		receiveReq.open("GET", mylink, true);
		receiveReq.onreadystatechange = handleview; 
		receiveReq.send(null);
	}
}

function handleview() {
	if (receiveReq.readyState == 4) {
		document.getElementById('first').innerHTML = receiveReq.responseText;
	}
}