I have a network that I monitor for performance. Each of the many nodes creates a performance monitoring XML file every 15 minutes. I would like to be able to extract specific data from the XML files, perform calculations on those bits of data, then create a gnuplot from that. I have what I need for the chart (gnuplot), but I cannot figure out how to get the data programmatically from the XML files.

You'll notice that the XML is in a format similar to this:

counter1
counter2
counter3
counter4
  value1
  value2
  value3
  value4

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I am (obviously) new to this and was hoping for some pointers to get me going. I've read XML files with PERL in the past and have had a lot of luck with XML::Simple, but I can't get this working with my current files.

Specifically, I'd like to be able to extract Counter1/Value1 & Counter3/Value3, etc.

Thanks in advance!

Sample XML below. Let's say I'm looking for <mt>pmLicUlPrbCapDistr</mt> which can be found in <r>90083,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0</r> below.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="MeasDataCollection.xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE mdc SYSTEM "MeasDataCollection.dtd">
<mdc xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml">
    <mfh>
        <ffv>32.401 V6.2</ffv>
        <sn>SubNetwork=ONRM_ROOT_MO_R,SubNetwork=SAMPLE,MeContext=LTE0
+001_SITE</sn>
        <st></st>
        <vn></vn>
        <cbt>20140401204500Z</cbt>
    </mfh>
    <md>
        <neid>
            <neun>LTE0001_SITE</neun>
            <nedn>SubNetwork=ONRM_ROOT_MO_R,SubNetwork=SAMPLE,MeContex
+t=LTE0001_SITE</nedn>
            <nesw>CXP102051/18_R21BN</nesw>
        </neid>
        <mi>
            <mts>20140401210000Z</mts>
            <gp>900</gp>
            <mt>pmPdcpPktDiscDlEth</mt>
            <mv>
                <moid>ManagedElement=1,ENodeBFunction=1</moid>
                <r>0</r>
            </mv>
        </mi>
    </md>
    <md>
        <neid>
            <neun>LTE0001_SITE</neun>
            <nedn>SubNetwork=ONRM_ROOT_MO_R,SubNetwork=SAMPLE,MeContex
+t=LTE0001_SITE</nedn>
            <nesw>CXP102051/18_R21BN</nesw>
        </neid>
        <mi>
            <mts>20140401210000Z</mts>
            <gp>900</gp>
            <mt>pmLicDlCapActual</mt>
            <mt>pmLicUlCapActual</mt>
            <mt>pmLicDlPrbCapActual</mt>
            <mt>pmLicUlPrbCapActual</mt>
            <mt>pmPdcpPktDiscDlEth</mt>
            <mt>pmPdcpPktDiscUlEthPacing</mt>
            <mt>pmLicDlCapDistr</mt>
            <mt>pmLicUlCapDistr</mt>
            <mt>pmLicDlPrbCapDistr</mt>
            <mt>pmLicUlPrbCapDistr</mt>
            <mv>
                <moid>ManagedElement=1,Equipment=1,Subrack=1,Slot=1,Pl
+ugInUnit=1,DeviceGroup=dul,BbProcessingResource=1</moid>
                <r>0</r>
                <r>0</r>
                <r>0</r>
                <r>0</r>
                <r>0</r>
                <r>0</r>
                <r>81893,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0</r>
                <r>90083,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0</r>
                <r>81893,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0</r>
                <r>90083,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0</r>
            </mv>
        </mi>
    </md>
    <mff><ts>20140401210000Z</ts></mff>
</mdc>

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