Hi PERL dobins my problem is I have a number of xml files i want to join to gether into 1 combined xml file the structure each xml file is as follows i believe I need to join each file with the last 'documents' TAG removed but to include it in the last joined file 

<Document StartPage="1" EndPage="1" PageCount="1" Id="c9a99999-99d9-40
+f3-9ec0-d99b7be99999" Account="AZRPOS">
    <Recipient FirstName="test" Surname="test" Postcode="AA6 1AA" Id="
+c9a99999-99d9-40f3-9ec0-d99b7be99999">
      <AddressLines>
        <AddressLine>Miss test test</AddressLine>
        <AddressLine>1 aaaaaa bbbbbbbb</AddressLine>
        <AddressLine>cccccccccc</AddressLine>
        <AddressLine>Fife</AddressLine>
        <AddressLine>AA6 1AA</AddressLine>
      </AddressLines>
    </Recipient>
    <Options>
      <Option Type="Colour Mode" Value="Black" />
      <Option Type="Delivery Method" Value="1st Class" />
      <Option Type="Envelope Type" Value="VW" />
      <Option Type="Paper Type" Value="VW - ACCPERTIG140/1" />
      <Option Type="Print Both Sides" Value="No" />
      <Option Type="Recipients" Value="Multiple Letters" />
    </Options>
  </Document>
</Documents>

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