#!/usr/bin/perl
use XML::XPath;

my $xp = XML::XPath->new(xml=> join '',<DATA>);

my @names;                   # Where we'll put our results
for my $entry ( $xp->findnodes('//entry') ) {
  my $filename = $entry->findvalue("./name");
  my $content  = $entry->toString;
$content=~ s/[\cA-\cZ]//g;
$content=~ s/\^[A-Z]//g;

  print "---File $filename would contain---\n $content\n";
}
__DATA__
<contacts>
  <entry>^M
    <name>File1</name>
    <street>123 Platypus Lane</street>
    <city>Burgopolis</city>
    <state></state>
    <zip>12345</zip>
  </entry>

 <entry>
    <name>File2</name>
    <street>123 Platypus Lane</street>
    <city></city>
    <state>FL</state>
    <zip>678</zip>
  </entry>

 <entry>
    <name>File3</name>
    <street></street>
    <city>Burgopolis</city>
    <state>FL</state>
    <zip>910

</zip>
  </entry>
</contacts>
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How to format the XML file and strip out the empty tags. The tags are not printed in the separate lines.