#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @files = glob('./*.xml'); my %results; foreach my $xmlname (@files) { open my $fh, '<', $xmlname or die "$xmlname: $!"; while ( my $line = <$fh> ) { my ($name) = $line =~ /\([^<]+)\<\/info_name\>/ or next; while ( my $l = <$fh> ) { $l =~ /\([^<]+)\<\/it_size\>/ or next; $results{$name} = $1; last; } } } print map { "$_ => $results{$_}\n" } keys %results; #### jth@reina:~/tmp$ perl 848551.pl FZGA34177.b1 => 35000 #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use XML::LibXML; my @files = glob('./*.xml'); my %results; foreach my $xmlname (@files) { my $dom = XML::LibXML->load_xml( location => $xmlname, recover => 1, # no in example ) or die $!; foreach my $node ( $dom->findnodes('//info') ) { $results{ $node->find('info_name') } = $node->find('it_size'); } } print map { "$_ => $results{$_}\n" } keys %results; #### jth@reina:~/tmp$ perl 848551.pl ./848551.xml:55: parser error : Premature end of data in tag t_volume line 54 ^ ./848551.xml:55: parser error : Premature end of data in tag t_volume line 2 ^ FZGA34177.b1 => 35000