I had to tweak it just a bit... for some reason I was getting the error Can't use global $_ in "my" at ./twig3.pl line 15, near "my $_ " and I added passing the filename as a command line variable.

#!/usr/opt/perl5/bin/perl -sw

# use strict;
use XML::Twig;

# my $xmlfile=@ARGV;
my $twig = XML::Twig->new();
$twig->parsefile($xmlfile);
my $root = $twig->root;

my @nodes1 = $root->get_xpath('//Holding');
for my $hold (@nodes1){
  print "\nId = ".$hold->att('id')."\n";
  my @nodes2 = $hold->get_xpath('Policy/KeyedValue/KeyValue');
  for $_ (@nodes2){
    print $_->prev_sibling_text." = ";
    print $_->text."\n";
  }
}

./twig3.pl -xmlfile=a2b9f375-51fe-41a1-86ab-069561517890.xml

Id = Holding_a344e55a-1471-4c90-aa94-481b434a5b12
AccountType = UTMA_UGMA
CheckIndicator = No
1035ExchangeIncluded = No
SponsorName = Transamerica

Id = Holding_8f6e6000-6cc5-4e7a-b5e8-3acd2ee03468
OldProductType = 401K

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this will get me on my way! Thank you, you help is much appreciated. Also a note, I've discovered during this adventure that the file is an ACORD standard file https://www.acord.org/standards/downloads/Pages/PCSPublic1.aspx for what its worth. Now I just need to figure out how to dissect the sub-attributes and insert them into the XPath.

Again, thank you.

In reply to Re^4: Xpath value query by SDwerner
in thread Xpath value query by Anonymous Monk

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