#### #!/usr/bin/perl -l use strict; use warnings; use XML::Simple; use Data::Dumper; my $xml = XML::Simple->new(); my $fileName = 'C:\Users\nate\Desktop\testXML.txt'; my $tree = { table => {} }; $tree->{table} = $xml->XMLin($fileName, ForceArray => ['map'], KeyAttr => [] ) ->{table}; print Dumper($tree->{table});