You might look into XML::XSH, which allows you to specify algorithmic parsings and changes of XML using a hybrid of Perl and an "XSH" language. For example, this XSH script would remove your existing filename records, and replace them with the names of the files in the current directory: 
open mydoc="thedoc.xml"
cd //filename/..
rm filename
foreach { glob("*") } {
  insert element filename into .
  insert text $__ into filename[last()]
}
save mydoc

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In reply to •Re: XML::XPath by merlyn
in thread XML::XPath by Anonymous Monk

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