Errmmm...I *think* you're looking for a generic mechanism to add various buttons and then act on them - maybe something like this (untested)...? 
my @commands = qw(ping traceroute whois other stuff);
print $q->start_form(-method=>'POST',-action=>'formDB.cgi');
print $q->hidden(-name=>'val',-value=>"$ciccio[2]");
print $q->submit(uc($_)) foreach (@commands);
print $q->end_form;

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...then you could maybe use a dispatch table...something like... 
my $dispatch = {
    ping => sub { return my_ping($_[0])},
    traceroute => sub { return my_traceroute($_[0])},
    etc. =>
};

foreach (@commands) {
  $dispatch->{$_}->($q->param('val')) if (defined $q->param(uc($_)));
}

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Hope this helps, Ben.

In reply to Re: CGI command newbie question by benn
in thread CGI command newbie question by Discipulus

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