#### open(IN_FILE, "tm1.xml") or die "Cant Open tm1.xml"; open(TM2_FILE, ">tm2.xml") or die "Cant Open tm2.xml"; my $chk = 0; while(my $line = ){ $line =~ s/^\s+//; @xwords = split(" ",$line); if($xwords[0] ne "" and $chk ==0) { print TM1_FILE $line; } else { print TM2_FILE $line; $chk = 1; } if($xwords[0] eq "" and $chk == 1) { $chk = 0; } } close TM1_FILE; close TM2_FILE; #### ####