#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use XML::DOM;
use strict;


my ($file, @rubbish) = @ARGV;

if ($#ARGV > 0 ){
die;
}

else {
my $parser = new XML::DOM::Parser;
my $doc = $parser->parsefile($file);
my $root = $doc->getDocumentElement(); 


scanner($root);

    sub scanner
    {
        my ($rt) = @_;
        my @list;
        foreach my $track ($rt->getElementsByTagName('track')) {
            foreach my $el ( $track->getChildNodes()) {
                foreach my $attr ( $el->getChildNodes()) {
                if ($attr->getNodeType == ELEMENT_NODE) {
                        if ($attr-> getAttribute('name') eq "type"){
                            foreach my $type ($attr->getChildNodes()){
                            push (@list, $type->getData());
                            }
                    }
                    }
                }
            }
        }print "@list";
    }
}
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I get

description/assertion
         
command

etc,
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as output how do i get rid of the lines? (i.e. i want "description/assertion command", etc) my file looks sth like this:

<track name="linguist.segments" type="primary">
- <el index="0" start="0.44" end="0.56">
  <attribute name="semantics">abstract</attribute> 
  <attribute name="type">description/assertion</attribute> 
  </el>
- <el index="1" start="0.56" end="0.76">
  <attribute name="semantics">abstract</attribute> 
  <attribute name="type">command</attribute> 
  </el>
</track>
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thanks so much! hi, thanks to all who replied, i opened my source code and realised it's different from what it shows on the xml editor.

<track name="linguist.segments" type="primary">
- <el index="0" start="0.44" end="0.56">
  <attribute name="semantics">
   abstract
  </attribute> 
  <attribute name="type">
   description/assertion
  </attribute> 
  </el>
- <el index="1" start="0.56" end="0.76">
  <attribute name="semantics">
   abstract
  </attribute> 
  <attribute name="type">
   command
  </attribute> 
  </el>
</track>
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i used $temp =~ s/\s//g; in the end, and it works now. i feel like such an idiot now. =)

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