$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' my @files = "A" .. "I"; my $items_per_page = 3; my $current_item = 0; for (@files) { say; if (not ++$current_item % $items_per_page) { say "Next Page" unless $current_item == @files; } } ' A B C Next Page D E F Next Page G H I