There must be an easy way to do this, but I can't figure it out... I have characters like '>' and '"' in my XML and when I try to get the text from XML::Twig, it doesn't unescape those characters. This seems like something that everybody would want to happen for them, so how do I get them unescaped? Here's my sample code and results: 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl5 -w

use XML::Twig;

my $twig = new XML::Twig( TwigRoots => { "LINK" => 1 } );
$twig->parse( "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><TEST><LINK><TITLE>This &lt; is 
+a &gt; &quot;test&apos; &amp; don&apos;t you forget it</TITLE></LINK>
+</TEST>" );
my $root = $twig->root;
my @links = $root->children;
print $links[0]->first_child_text( "TITLE" ), "\n";


Results:
This &lt; is a &gt; &quot;test&apos; &amp; don&apos;t you forget it

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In reply to Unescape characters from XML::Twig by bpaulsen

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