I assume the debugging output of XML::Parser goes to STDERR.

This is where good assumptions beat rtfm(*). The parser pod file tells us that the Debug style "prints out the document in outline form". Sounds like STDOUT to me, but the source tells a different story.

Anyway, I now have a Deout.pm. Same as Debug.pm but to STDOUT, and my screen is less filled with garbage. This is good.

* This, of course, only applies to good assumptions (or dodgy manuals)