#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $fh;
my $tag;
while(<DATA>){
    chomp $_;
$_ =~ s/[\cA-\cZ]//g;
#$_ =~ s/^\s+$//g;
#$_ =~ s/\n//g;
#$_=~ s/[\r]//gs;
    if(/^{(.*)}/) {
        $tag = $1;
        print $tag."\n";;
    } else {
        if($tag eq 'FILE') {
            my $filename = $_;
       #     print "The filename is $filename\n";
            open($fh, '>', "$filename.xml") or die "$filename: $!";
            print $fh '<?xml version="1.0"?>',"\n";
            print $fh "<root>\n";
            print $fh "<FILE>$filename</FILE>";
        } elsif(defined($fh)) {
                if( $_ ne ''){    #### Remove the blnak lines
                chomp $_;
            print $fh "<$tag>$_</$tag>\n";
                }
        #print $fh "</root>";
        }
    }
}
close($fh);
exit(0);
__DATA__
^B^B^B^B^B^B
{FILE}
sourcetag1
{NUMBER}
00000

{SOURCE}
source1
{KEYWORD}
{AUTHOR}
author1
staff1
{HEADLINE}
DISPOSABLE DECOR: THE CUTTING EDGE DULLS FAST\
STYLE AT A SPEED
USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH WARDROBE ITEMS.

{FILE}
sourcetag2
{NUMBER}
00002
{SOURCE}
sourcenam2
{KEYWORD}
{AUTHOR}
author2
staff2

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Please can you tell me why the output in sourcetag1.xml is displayed as below: 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<FILE>sourcetag1</FILE><NUMBER>00000</NUMBER>
<SOURCE>source1</SOURCE>
<AUTHOR>author1</AUTHOR>
<AUTHOR>staff1</AUTHOR>
<HEADLINE>DISPOSABLE DECOR: THE CUTTING EDGE DULLS FAST\</HEADLINE>
<HEADLINE>STYLE AT A SPEED</HEADLINE>
<HEADLINE>USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH WARDROBE ITEMS.</HEADLINE>

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The <HEADLINE> is repeated 3 times

In reply to Re^2: Writing to a file by Anonymous Monk
in thread Writing to a file by Anonymous Monk

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