#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use XML::Simple; use Data::Dumper; my $file = "test.xml"; my $xs1 = XML::Simple->new(); my $doc = $xs1->XMLin($file, keyattr=>['CLASSNAME'], ForceContent=>1, ForceArray=>1); print Dumper($doc); foreach my $element (keys %{$doc->{INNERSUB}->{INNERSUB1}}) { print "$element\n"; print "\tType:\t$doc->{INNERSUB}->{INNERSUB1}->{$element}[0]->{Type}\n"; print "\tContent:\t$doc->{INNERSUB}->{INNERSUB1}->{$element}[0]->{content}\n"; } exit(0);