Thanks for the suggestions, I've inserted my code below. Please let me know if you see the code that is generating the blank space.

use strict;
use File::Find;
use File::Path;
use File::Copy;
my $folderPath = "C:/Folder1";

my %findReplaceH = (
q[<TList.Bullet>]=>q[<ul>],
q[</TList.Bullet>]=>q[</ul>],
<TList.Item>]=>q[<li>],
q[</TList.Item>]=>q[</li>],
my $useRegexQ = 0;
$folderPath =~ s[/$][];

$folderPath =~ m[/(\w+)$];
my $previousDir = $`;
my $lastDir = $1;

my $totalFileChangedCount = 0;
sub fileFilterQ ($) {
my $fileName = $_[0];

 if ($fileName =~ m{\.xml$}) {
print "processing: $fileName\n";
return 1;};

return 0;
};

sub processFile {
 my $currentFile = $File::Find::name; # full path spect
my $currentDir = $File::Find::dir;
my $currentFileName = $_;

if (not fileFilterQ($currentFile)) {
  return 1;
}
if (not(open FILE, "<$currentFile")) {die("Error opening file:
$!");};
 my $wholeFileString;
  {local $/ = undef; $wholeFileString = <FILE>;};
  if (not(close(FILE))) {die("Error closing file: $!");};

# do the replacement.
 my $replaceCount = 0;

 foreach my $key1 (keys %findReplaceH) {
    my $pattern = ($useRegexQ ? $key1 : quotemeta($key1));
  $replaceCount = $replaceCount + ($wholeFileString =~
s/$pattern/$findReplaceH{$key1}/g);
 };

if ($replaceCount > 0) { # replacement has happened
$totalFileChangedCount++;
# get the file mode.
my ($mode, $uid, $gid) = (stat($currentFile))[2,4,5];

  # write out a new file.
 if (not(open OUTFILE, ">$currentFile")) {die("Error 
opening file: $!");};

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 print OUTFILE $wholeFileString;
if (not(close(OUTFILE))) {die("Error closing file: $!");};

 # set the file mode.
 chmod($mode, $currentFile);
chown($uid, $gid, $currentFile);

 print "$replaceCount replacements made at\n";
  print "$currentFile\n";
}
};

In reply to Re^2: Remove blank space during find/replace by Melk
in thread Remove blank space during find/replace by Melk

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