The following section calls a method and dependent on the return either uses last, performs the next command - or what I am after restarts the loop from the beginning. I need a "first" command. Is the best way to do this put another label control around COMMAND - break out of COMMAND to NEWCOMMAND and then reexecute COMMAND? 
COMMAND: foreach my $CommandHsh (@{$command_section}){
  
      $Result = $self->ExecuteCommand($CommandHsh);
      if ($Result eq "END"){
        $self->{_logfile}->debug("Signal received to END command secti
+on");
        last COMMAND;
      } elsif ($Result eq "CONTINUE"){
        $self->{_logfile}->debug("Signal received to CONTINUE command 
+section");
        #next COMMAND;
      } elsif ($Result eq "RESTART"){
        $self->{_logfile}->debug("Signal received to RESTART command s
+ection");
        redo COMMAND;
      } else {
        $self->{_logfile}->error("Incorrect exit type from ExecuteComm
+and");
      }
    }

  $self->{_logfile}->info("End of CommandSection");

}

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This appears to work but is it the best way:- 

RESTART: while ( 1 ) {
  COMMAND: foreach my $CommandHsh (@{$command_section}){
    
        $Result = $self->ExecuteCommand($CommandHsh);
        if ($Result eq "END"){
          $self->{_logfile}->debug("Signal received to END command sec
+tion");
          last COMMAND;
        } elsif ($Result eq "CONTINUE"){
          $self->{_logfile}->debug("Signal received to CONTINUE comman
+d section");
          #next COMMAND;
        } elsif ($Result eq "RESTART"){
          $self->{_logfile}->debug("Signal received to RESTART command
+ section");
          next RESTART;
        } else {
          $self->{_logfile}->error("Incorrect exit type from ExecuteCo
+mmand");
        }
      }

  $self->{_logfile}->info("End of CommandSection");
  last RESTART;
}

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