BTW: 
foreach (my ($key, $value) = each %linked_counts_by_abbr){
    print OUTPUT "$key => $value\n";
    }

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I would be surprised if this loop does what you think and hope it does. Iteration over a hash with each is usually implemented with a  while loop (see perlsyn for  while loop info). 
>perl -wMstrict -le
"my %hash = qw(a 1 b 2 c 3 d 4);
 print 'foreach loop output:';
 foreach (my ($k, $v) = each %hash) {
   print qq{$k => $v};
   }
 print 'while loop output:';
 keys %hash;
 while (my ($k, $v) = each %hash) {
   print qq{$k => $v};
   }
"
foreach loop output:
c => 3
c => 3
while loop output:
c => 3
a => 1
b => 2
d => 4

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(PS: Does anyone know why the OP is rendering so strangely?)

In reply to Re: Trouble using XML::LibXML by AnomalousMonk
in thread Trouble using XML::LibXML by kdmurphy001

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