Hello...
I am trying to convert a XML file encoded in utf-16... I am trying to strip the XML file into a flat ascii text file... I am trying to do this by using regex...
$file = "c:\\temp\\1.xml";
$out = "c:\\temp\\output.txt";
open (FH, $file)or die "Cannot Open $file :$!";
open(OUT, ">$out")or die "Cannot Open $out :$!";
while(<FH>) {
            
    s/^.*(<.*>)//g;
    s/(?<=\w) (?=\w)//g;
    s/\n\n/\n/g;
    s/  / /g;
    print OUT $_;
}
close FH;
close OUT;

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I have successfuly striped out all of the XML tags... However the double spacing and double line returns are still in the output... 
--------Example of the output TEXT---------
 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
+ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 
+= 
 
 J o b   s e r v e r :   S E R V E R  N A M E 
 
 J o b   n a m e :   S E R V E R  N A M E   -   I n c 
 
 J o b   s t a r t e d :   M o n d a y ,   D e c e m b e r   2 7 ,   2
+ 0 0 4   a t   2 : 5 3 : 3 8   P M 
 
 J o b   t y p e :   B a c k u p 
 
 J o b   L o g :   B E X 0 0 1 6 4 . x m l 
 
 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
+ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 
+= 
 
 
 
 D r i v e   a n d   m e d i a   i n f o r m a t i o n   f r o m   m e
+ d i a   m o u n t : 
 
 R o b o t i c   L i b r a r y   N a m e :   C O M P A Q   1 
 
 D r i v e   N a m e :   C O M P A Q   1 
 
 S l o t :   1 
 
 M e d i a   L a b e l :   D S W 0 0 0 
 
 M e d i a   G U I D :   { 4 3 1 B 0 3 D E - 1 C 4 9 - 1 1 D 4 - B 2 1
+ C - 0 0 5 0 8 B C A 3 A 6 8 } 
 
 O v e r w r i t e   P r o t e c t e d   U n t i l :   1 / 3 0 / 2 0 0
+ 5   3 : 1 4 : 4 1   A M 
 
 A p p e n d a b l e   U n t i l :   1 2 / 3 1 / 9 9 9 9   1 2 : 0 0 :
+ 0 0   A M 
 
 T a r g e t e d   M e d i a   S e t   N a m e :   D a i l y 
 
 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
+ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 
+= 
 
 J o b   O p e r a t i o n   -   B a c k u p 
 
 M e d i a   o p e r a t i o n   -   a p p e n d . 
 
 H a r d w a r e   c o m p r e s s i o n   e n a b l e d . 
 
 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
+ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 
+= 
 ----------------------End output Example----------

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If any one could tell me what I'm failing to do correctly I would be able to continue my script upgrade...
Thank you
DBrock...

In reply to Decoding UTF-16 to ASCII by dbrock

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