This is a useful little tool I've used a number of times to solve specific web design problems involving complex form submissions in heavily frames-dependant sites. Simply call the CGI with a single form parameter named "go" that tells it where to redirect the browser to.

No real magic here but it's a handy little screwdriver from time to time. TMTOWTDI!

The snippet below is actually formatted as a complete CGI as that's how I use it, YMMV. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use CGI;
use strict;
my $q = new CGI;
my ($url) = $q->param('go');  

if ($url)
 {
 $url =~ tr/[^\w\/\.\-\?\=\&\@\%]//;    # clean up the form input, onl
+y these characters are allowed!
 print $q->redirect("$url");
 }

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