use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser set_message/; #read more about these in the docs link above
alarm($x); #if you wish, though I consider this a quick hack since a heavy server load may actually force your users to wait this long even though there is no infinite loop and still get the info they wanted cut off

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perl cgi.cgi<batch\ file\ with\ \\n\ delimited\ CGI\ params.file