I proposed XML parsing because it would solve my problem on one hand and it is a nice way to solve a 'real world problem' on the other hand.
Indeed using 'tr' would convert *all* '\', but I only want to convert *links*.
HTML::Parser sounds usable. I'll take a look at it. In the mean time, don't hesitate to reply furthermore since I hope someone will give me a snippet of XML parsing.. :-) This would make a great start for me to get along