Re: XML log file to readable format conversion

There should be no need to open a file before reading it in with XMLIn. Just pass the file to XMLIn:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
use XML::Simple;

my $ref = XMLin('/home/cpos/aznapi_webseald-default.log$xml');
print Dumper $ref;
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See also:

XML::Simple
STATUS OF THIS MODULE: "The use of this module in new code is discouraged."

UPDATE: Fixed typo in my untested code (remove $xml):

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
use XML::Simple;

my $ref = XMLin('/home/cpos/aznapi_webseald-default.log');
print Dumper $ref;
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Re^2: XML log file to readable format conversion by tousifp (Novice) on Jan 15, 2014 at 16:00 UTC
I am getting following error : Only Comments, PIs and whitespace allowed at end of document Ln: 15, Col: 1	[reply]
Re^3: XML log file to readable format conversion by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 15, 2014 at 16:05 UTC
Your input file is not a well-formed XML. It probably contains some additional information after the closing root tag. لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re^4: XML log file to readable format conversion by Jenda (Abbot) on Jan 20, 2014 at 15:08 UTC
As it is a log file, it most likely doesn't contain a single root tag (which is something the committeee decided to require). Instead of the file, you thus have to parse an XML document like this: `<!DOCTYPE doc [<!ENTITY real_doc SYSTEM "$the_file_name">]><doc>&real_ +doc;</doc>` [download] Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: XML log file to readable format conversion by toolic (Bishop) on Jan 15, 2014 at 16:05 UTC
I had a typo in my untested code example. Refer to my update.	[reply]