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It'll need a little work to adapt it to your environment, but it does most of what you asked for. Come back with your code when you've made your adaptions if you have any problems

perl -MCGI=:standard -e"print header, html({-title=>'My Files'}, map{ +a({href=>$_},$_).br().$/} <$ARGV[0]>);" *

Nah! Your thinking of Simon Templar, originally played by Roger Moore and later by Ian Ogilvy