my @patterns = (
"(.*?)", # ID
"(.*?)", # Time Stamp
"(.*?)", # IP Address
"
(.*?)", # Title
"(.*?)", # Reporting Entity
"(.*?)", # Reporting Entity Contact
"(.*?)", # Reporting Entity Address
"(.*?)", # Reporting Entity Email
);
my @xml_files = <*xml>;
for my $file (@xml_files) {
for my $pattern (@patterns) {
...
if ($line =~ $pat) {
...
}
}