my $xml_file = "Modfile.xml"; open my $list, $xml_file or die "Could not open $file: $!"; my $count = 1; while( my $line = <$list> ) { my ( $subfamily ) = $line =~ /suite subfamily="(.*?)"/; print "The Sub Family is $subfamily \n "; if ($subfamily =~/[a-z]/){ my ( $name ) = $line =~ /" name="(.*?)"/; print "The Name is $name \n "; } if ( $name = ~/[a-z]/) { my ( $family ) = $line =~ /" family="(.*?)"/; print "The Family is $family \n "; } last if ++$count == 3; $count ++ ; } close File;