Step 1: Find some way to get a list of hash keys that has a stable order. Hashes are unordered so theres no way to know where any 6 items happen to lie in correlation to each other. My first thought would be just sorting the keys but other methods will work.

Step 2: Create a param that stores what page you're on and pass it in your "next" link. Example, foobar.com?page=3. Page is your "counter variable".

Step 3: Multiply your counter variable by the number of items you want to display per page as an indice in to your array.

Step 4: Use your indices to extract a list of keys from your array of keys, then use this list to extract a list of elements from your hash.

Sample code: 
use CGI;
my $c = CGI->new();

my %hash = qw/data and stuff/; #however you fill the hash


#Step 1
my @keys = sort keys %hash; # this should maintain the same order, ass
+uming hash doesn't change

#Step 2
my $counter = $c->param('page');


#step 3
my $begin = $counter * $items_per_page;
my $end = $begin + $items_per_page;


#step 4
print @hash{ @keys[ $begin..$end ] }; #deep voodoo

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