use strict;
use warnings;
my $fh;
my $tag;

while(<DATA>){
    print "\nNext iteration of while loop\n";
    print "\$tag = $tag\n";
    print "\$_ = $_";
    chomp $_;
$_ =~ s/[\cA-\cZ]//g;
#$_ =~ s/^\s+$//g;
#$_ =~ s/\n//g;
#$_=~ s/[\r]//gs;
    if(/^{(.*)}/) {
        print "\tThis line is a tag line\n";
        $tag = $1;
        print "\t\$tag has been set to $tag\n";;
    } else {
        print "\tThis line is not a tag line.\n";
        if($tag eq 'FILE') {
            print "\t\t\$tag is equal to 'FILE', so this line gives a new filename\n";
            my $filename = $_;
       #     print "The filename is $filename\n";
            open($fh, '>', "$filename.xml") or die "$filename: $!";
            print $fh '<?xml version="1.0"?>',"\n";
            print $fh "<root>\n";
            print $fh "<FILE>$filename</FILE>";
            print "\t\tAny previously open output file has been closed\n";
            print "\t\tand new output file $filename has been opened.\n";
            print "\t\tand some initial text has been written to it.\n";
        } elsif(defined($fh)) {
            print "\t\t\$tag is not equal to 'FILE' and we have an open output file.\n";
                if( $_ ne ''){    #### Remove the blnak lines
                    print "\t\t\tand the line is not blank\n";
                    print "\t\t\tso, write it to the output file\n";
                    print "\t\t\tas '<$tag>$_</$tag>'\n";
                    chomp $_;
                    print $fh "<$tag>$_</$tag>\n";
                }
        #print $fh "</root>";
        }
    }
}
close($fh);
exit(0);
__DATA__
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{FILE}
sourcetag1
{NUMBER}
00000

{SOURCE}
source1
{KEYWORD}
{AUTHOR}
author1
staff1
{HEADLINE}
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STYLE AT A SPEED
USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH WARDROBE ITEMS.

{FILE}
sourcetag2
{NUMBER}
00002
{SOURCE}
sourcenam2
{KEYWORD}
{AUTHOR}
author2
staff2