use strict; use warnings; my %pairings; my $file; open(XML,$file) || die "Unable to open file '$file': $!\n"; while () { my $check = 0; foreach my $key (keys %pairings) { if (!(Check_Line($key,$_))) { $check++; last; } } if ($check == 0) {print;} } close(XML); sub Initialize_Pairings { push @{$pairings{cat}},"tail","meow"; push @{$pairings{dog}},"tail","bark"; } sub Check_Line { my $tag = shift; my $line = shift; foreach my $i (0 .. $@{$pairings{$tag}}) { my $attrib = $pairings{$tag}[$i]; if ($line !~ m/<$tag .*$attrib=\s+/i) { return 0; } } return 1; }