Softwareupdate -l and proxy and UNIX command

When I run softwareupdate -l I'm prompted to login to our company proxy server, which I expect. Is there a way to send my username and password along with the software update command?

If you're using Workgroup Manager, the procedure is documented in Chapter 7 of the System Imaging and Software Update Administration section of the Mac OS X 10.4 Server documentation.
If not, another poster came up with this solution (I haven't tested it, so I can't say of my own knowledge that this is correct):
Create the following as a text file, save it as com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist and then copy it to /Library/Managed Preferences/root/on each workstation. Replace the <<your server here>> with the address of your actual software update server.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CatalogURL</key>
<string>http://<<your server here>>:8088/</string>
</dict>
</plist>
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