... probably through a hash ...

Yep, you've got it. Here's one way to go about it. The following snippet assumes that the action to act upon is passed via the 'q' parameter (ie: index.pl?q=members): 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI qw/:standard/;

sub main {
 print header(),
  start_html('Welcome'),
   p( strong('Welcome to my website!') ),
  end_html();
}

sub login {
 print header(),
  start_html('Member Login'),
   p( strong('Member Login') ),
   p('Login below:'),
  end_html();
}

sub members {
 print header(),
  start_html('I am a member-only page!'),
   p( strong('Members Page') ),
  end_html();
}

sub _invalid {
 print header(),
  start_html('Invalid Function'),
   p( strong('Invalid Script Function') ),
   p('That fucntion is not valid!'),
  end_html();
}



my $actions = {
 main     => \&main,
 login    => \&login,
 members  => \&members,
 _invalid => \&_invalid
};

my $q = param('q') || 'main';

$actions->{
 exists $actions->{$q} ? $q : '_invalid'
}->();

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