#!/usr/bin/env perl

use warnings;
use strict;
use diagnostics;
use XML::Simple;

my $conf = 'out.xml';   # I made this up
my $xmlfile = new XML::Simple (
    Outputfile => $conf,
    ForceArray => 1,
    RootName=>'exec'
);
#my $xml = $xmlfile->XMLin($conf);
my $xml = $xmlfile->XMLin('foo.xml');