#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $tag; my $output; my $fh; while () { chomp; if(/^\.\.(.*):$/) # match line { $fh = sub_output($output, $tag, $fh); $output = ""; $tag = $1; print $tag; } else { # not a {TAG} line next unless($tag); next if(/^\s*$/); $output .= ($output) ? " $_" : "<$tag>$_"; } } # End of While Loop $fh = sub_output($output, $tag, $fh); if($fh) { print $fh "\n"; close($fh); } exit(0); # Subroutine to open the file with the filename as DN sub sub_output { my ($output, $tag, $fh) = @_; if($output) { if($output =~ m/(.*)/) { if($fh) { print $fh "\n"; close($fh); } open($fh, '>', "$1.xml") or die "$1.xml: $!"; print $fh "\n"; } print $fh "$output\n"; } return($fh); } # End of sub sroutine __DATA__ ..DN: 000044119 ..CB: ..SN: 8046ETK6 ..PD: 20091030 ..DD: Friday, October 30, 2009 ..IS: N ..IS: R ..ID: ..DN: 000044120 ..CB: ..SN: 8046ETK6 ..PD: 20091030 ..DD: Friday, October 30, 2009 ..DD: Friday, October 31, 2009 ..PT: NE ..PT: sect