Hi Monks, I used code suggested to convert a text file into xml but getting some errors for some of the lines in the input text file. Posting those here just in case if anyone is still following and could have some suggestion on correcting it:

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I am trying to convert a text file into xml using following code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::Writer;
use XML::Simple;
use XML::LibXML;

my $out;
my $xml = XML::Writer->new(OUTPUT => \$out, DATA_MODE => 1, DATA_INDEN
+T => '   ');

$xml->xmlDecl();
$xml->startTag('doc');

my $check_1 = 0;

open(my $fh, "<", "20150625163139.txt")
    or die "Failed to open file: $!\n";
while(<$fh>) {
    chomp;
    next if !length;

    my ($string1, $string2, $subscript_name, $subscript_value) = /
        ^(.*?)::
        ([^\s]+)
        \.([^\s]+)\s+=
        \s(.*)
        /x;
    if ( $check_1 == 0 ) {
        $xml->startTag($string1);
        $check_1 += 1;
    }
    $xml->startTag($string2);
    $xml->dataElement($subscript_name => $subscript_value);
    $xml->endTag();
}

$xml->endTag();
$xml->endTag();
$xml->end();

print $out;
close $fh;
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The file 20150625163139.txt contains 366 lines with format:

GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralErrorCode.0 = INTEGER: 0
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralConnectedState.0 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralPlatformID.0 = INTEGER: 2076
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralFamilyID.0 = INTEGER: 25
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralModelID.0 = INTEGER: 60436
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralUnitAddressID.0 = STRING: 000-00802-49393-
+076
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralSettopMac.0 = STRING: b8:16:19:28:18:f3
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralRemodChan.0 = INTEGER: 3
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralSettopTime.0 = INTEGER: 1119302620 GPS
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBPurchaseStatusUnsentPurchases.0 = INTEGER: 0
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBPurchaseStatusUnackPurchases.0 = INTEGER: 0
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBPurchaseStatusLastSeqNumPurchases.0 = INTEGER: 0
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBPurchaseStatusLastReportBackTimePurchases.0 = INT
+EGER: 1118516578
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBPurchaseStatusIppvStatus.0 = INTEGER: false(2)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobFrequency.0 = INTEGER: 75250000
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobCarrierLock.0 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobLostLockCount.0 = Counter32: 0
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobDataPresent.0 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobEMMDataPresent.0 = INTEGER: false(2)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobSNRValue.0 = INTEGER: 24.9
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobSNRState.0 = INTEGER: good(4)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobAGCValue.0 = INTEGER: 16
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobAGCState.0 = INTEGER: good(4)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobNetworkPid.0 = INTEGER: 1911
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobEMMPid.0 = INTEGER: 5379
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBOobEMMProviderID.0 = INTEGER: 1
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandNumberOfTuners.0 = INTEGER: 2
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBTunerIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBTunerIndex.2 = INTEGER: 2
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerModulationMode.1 = INTEGER: qam256(3)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerModulationMode.2 = INTEGER: qam256(3)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerCarrierLock.1 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerCarrierLock.2 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerPCRLock.1 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerPCRLock.2 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerDataLock.1 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerDataLock.2 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerEMMDataPresent.1 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerEMMDataPresent.2 = INTEGER: true(1)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerFrequency.1 = INTEGER: 195000000
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerFrequency.2 = INTEGER: 501000000
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerAGCValue.1 = INTEGER: 0
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerAGCValue.2 = INTEGER: 0
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerAGCState.1 = INTEGER: poor(2)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerAGCState.2 = INTEGER: poor(2)
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBInBandTunerSNRValue.1 = INTEGER: 42.0
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When I run the above code for this file, I get error:

Code point \u0016 is not a valid character in XML at ./<script_name>.p
+l line 34
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Where line 34 is

$xml->dataElement($subscript_name => $subscript_value);
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When I remove all the lines from the file 20150625163139.txt and keep only these two lines

GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralErrorCode.0 = INTEGER: 0
GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH::eSTBGeneralConnectedState.0 = INTEGER: true(1)
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The same code runs fine and generates following xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<doc>
<GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH>
<eSTBGeneralErrorCode>
<0>INTEGER: 0</0>
</eSTBGeneralErrorCode>
<eSTBGeneralConnectedState>
<0>INTEGER: true(1)</0>
</eSTBGeneralConnectedState>
</GI-eSTB-MIB-NPH>
</doc>
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I searched for error: "Code point \u0016 is not a valid character in XML at ./Call_to_snmpwalk.pl line 32" It seems that this error is being generated due to control characters present in the text which are not allowed in xml. So I have two options:

1) Remove these control characters from the file and then print: I have tried this using

perl -pe's/\x08//g' <20150625163139.txt >20150625163139.txt
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But this gives error: Bad name after g' at <script_name>.pl line 13.

2) To actually generate an xml (actual .xml file) from code and put the text that is converted in xml into this file and then read it. Do anyone have any suggestions on point 1 or 2?