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Hello...

I have an XML file that I am trying to strip back into plain text... Listed Below is an excerpt of the XML data...

I am trying to use something like s/\<.+\>//; to remove all of the the text contained within the < > brackets... The file does not seem to open correctly...

Any advice...?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<joblog><job_log_version version="1.0"/>
<header><filler>
======================================================================
</filler><server>Job server: computername
</server><name>Job name: computername - Inc
</name><start_time>Job started: Monday, December 27, 2004 at
2:53:38 PM
</start_time><type>Job type: Backup
</type><log_name>Job Log: BEX00164.xml
</log_name><filler>
======================================================================
</filler></header><media_drive_and_media_info>
Drive and media information from media mount:
<robotic_library_name>Robotic Library Name: COMPAQ 1
</robotic_library_name><drive_name>Drive Name: COMPAQ 1
</drive_name><slot>Slot: 1
</slot><media_label>Media Label: DSW000
</media_label><media_guid>Media GUID:
{431B03DE-1C49-11D4-B21C-00508BCA3A68}
</media_guid><media_overwrite_date>Overwrite Protected Until:
1/30/2005 3:14:41
AM
</media_overwrite_date><media_append_date>Appendable Until:
12/31/9999 12:00:00
AM
</media_append_date><media_set_target>Targeted Media Set Name:
Daily
</media_set_target></media_drive_and_media_info><backup><filler>
======================================================================
</filler><title>Job Operation - Backup
</title><append_or_overwrite>Media operation - append.
</append_or_overwrite><compression>Hardware compression enabled.
</compression><filler>
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I want the output to look like this

======================================================================
Job server: computername
Job name: computername - Inc
Job started: Monday, December 27, 2004 at 2:53:38 PM
Job type: Backup
Job Log: BEX00164.xml
======================================================================

Drive and media information from media mount:
Robotic Library Name: COMPAQ 1
Drive Name: COMPAQ 1
Slot: 1
Media Label: DSW000
Media GUID: {431B03DE-1C49-11D4-B21C-00508BCA3A68}
Overwrite Protected Until: 1/30/2005 3:14:41 AM
Appendable Until: 12/31/9999 12:00:00 AM
Targeted Media Set Name: Daily
======================================================================
Job Operation - Backup
Media operation - append.
Hardware compression enabled.
======================================================================
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Thank you for any help...
DBrock...

Dozens of br tags throughout input/output examples replaced by a set of code tags, to eliminate issues with long-line horizontal scrolling, by davido.
Edit by castaway - HTML entities turned back into literal characters, to make sense with code tags

In reply to how to strip XML into Plain Text file by dbrock

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