Try this:

use CGI;
use CGI::Validate qw(:standard);

my $Page = $cgi->param('node');
#$Page will now be assigned the value of the parameter node that was p
+assed in the url
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There is also a way to ensure the param you are grabbing came from the url...i believe it is:

$cgi->url_param('node');
    or
$cgi->param_url('node');
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This is useful if you want to ensure the param you are grabbing was posted to the script