#!perl use XML::Simple; my $config = XMLin("local.xml"); print $config->{WhicsService}->{Parameters}->{WHICS}->{Value} . "\n"; # prints '123.456.78.9' print $config->{WhicsService}->{Parameters}->{ServersMax}->{Value} . "\n"; # prints '15' print $config->{WhicsService}->{Parameters}->{Service}->{WR80B}->{Runable}->{Value} . "\n";