use strict; use warnings; use XML::Twig; my $infile = "in-test.xml"; my $outfile = "out-test.xml"; open(OUT, ">$outfile") or die "can\'t open output file $outfile:$!"; open(IN, "$infile") or die "can\'t open input file $infile:$!"; my $t = XML::Twig->new ( twig_roots => {'figure' => \&doSwap}, twig_print_outside_roots => \*OUT, ); $t->parse (\*IN); close OUT or die "Could not close $outfile"; close IN or die "Could not close $infile"; sub doSwap { my ($t, $figure) = @_; # required arguments for twig handlers my @title = $figure->cut_children ('title'); # extract (the only)