#!/usr/bin/perl

while(<DATA>){
 chomp;
 if(/^\.\.(.*):$/)     
                {
                $fh = output($output, $tag, $fh);
                $output = "";
                $tag = $1;
                }

$fh = output($output, $tag, $fh);

}

sub output {
    my ($output, $tag, $fh) = @_;
    if($output) {
        if($output =~ m/\.\.DN:(.*)/) {
            if($fh) {
                close($fh);
            }
            open($fh, '>', "$1.xml") or die "$1.xml: $!";
            print $fh "$output";
        }
        }
return($fh);
  } # End of sub sroutine
__DATA__
..DN:
000044255
..CB:
..SN:
D046H6J5
..PD:
20091030
..DD:
Friday, October 30, 2009
..PY:
2009
..ED:
..DN:
000044254
..CB:
..SN:
D046H6IR
..PD:
20091030
..DD:
Friday, October 30, 2009
..PY:
2009
..ED:

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How to split the file until the line matches another ..DN:
I tried to split the file but no luck.The filename is the value of ..DN:

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