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I'm working on my first perl/xml project (using XML::Simple) and am in desperate need of help. I don't even have sample code I'm proud enough of to show.

I'm trying to parse the following xml config: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<config>

   <host1>
      <process name="proc1" />
      <process name="proc2" />
      <process name="proc3" />
      <process name="proc4" />
   </host1>

   <host2>
      <process name="proc5" />
      <process name="proc6" />
      <process name="proc7" />
      <process name="proc8" />
   </host2>

</config>

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The XML config is a list of all of our servers and what processes they're running. I'm given this XML config and have no say over how it's structured.

What I need to be able to do is query the XML config for a particular host (host1, host2, etc.) and have it return the processes (proc1, proc2, etc.).

Thanks in advance.

- Justin

In reply to Parsing XML w/ Attributes by jpk236

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