"Sorry but some of the reponses are idealogical clap trap! "I've never used a goto" indicates a lack of experience not knowledge"

Err..Isn't that just as much a crap response as you claim they are? I have used goto, back in the good old days of basic and by god i was glad to get rid of it as soon as i learned about functions ;) There are many ways to solve your problem, goto is 1 of them sure, but it is one that many of use prefer to avoid. That doesn't signifiy a lack of experience or knowledge, its just a preference. Your desire to use goto even when there are alternatives is fine, but realy, don't bash the people who just tried to help you. If you are too high and mighty for this crowd then don't ask for help, if you arn't then be gratefull for the help you get.

For my two cents i would probably do something like make each job a job.x.pl file where x is a number, then do some magic to start at whatever number you want and system those files....or maybe not. It realy depends on what your programs do.

BTW a very quick google on "perl go to" results in "are you sure you don't want perl goto" so you might just be getting -- for not searching first ;)