use warnings; use strict; use XML::XPath; my $xml = <<'ENDXML'; 9990 true /efs/dist/tpcommon/itrstemplates/latest/common/templates/equities.xml 10001 true /efs/dist/itrs/tools/latest/common/templates/global_authentication.xml ENDXML my $xp = XML::XPath->new(xml => $xml); my $nodes = $xp->find('//includes/include'); for my $include ($nodes->get_nodelist) { for my $p ($xp->findnodes('./priority', $include)) { my $priority = $p->string_value; $p->removeChild($_) for $p->getChildNodes; $p->appendChild( XML::XPath::Node::Text->new($priority+1) ); } } my ($root) = $xp->findnodes('/'); print $root->toString, "\n"; #### use XML::Twig; open my $ofh, '>', \my $outxml or die $!; my $twig = XML::Twig->new( twig_print_outside_roots => $ofh, twig_roots => { '/includes/include/priority' => sub { my ($twig, $elt) = @_; $elt->set_text( $elt->text+1 ); $elt->flush($ofh); }, } ); $twig->parse($xml); close $ofh; print $outxml;