my $parser = new XML::DOM::Parser; $doc = $parser->parse( $buf ) or die "Unable to parse document"; $root = $doc->getFirstChild(); scanner($root); sub scanner { my ($rt) = @_; my $i; my $nde; my $ndeLst = $rt->getChildNodes(); my $numndes = $ndeLst->getLength() - 1; for ( $i = 0; $i < $numndes; $i++ ) { $nde = $ndeLst->item( $i ); if ($nde->getNodeType() == TEXT_NODE ) { $log->info( $i.$nde->getNodeValue()); print $i,"TEXT", $nde->getData(); } if ($nde->getNodeType == ELEMENT_NODE) { $log->info( $i.$nde->getNodeName()); print $i, "ELEMENT ", $nde->getNodeName(), "\n"; } scanner( $nde ); } }