@choroba, I'm a mere systems engineer trying to parse xml :) I've used xml::simple before, but that doesn't work with the file I have now. So I went with the search that gave me the easiest example to read and follow.

@toolic, Thanks for the example. I didn't know what to do with the xml that you added into the code. I tried reading it in a few ways, didn't help. I have to read a file that I download from a repository and have to load it into my parser
However, thanks to your example, I explored XML::TWIG more and figured out a way to do this.
This link was very helpful
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/04/18/perlxmlqstart1.html

use warnings;
use strict;

use XML::Twig;

my $file = './test.xml';
my $twig = XML::Twig->new();

$twig->parsefile($file);

my $root = $twig->root;

foreach my $item ($root->children('Main')){
    print $item->att('id').", ".$item->att('name');
    print "\n";
}
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This gave me the desired output.
1, Item1
2, Item2
4, Item5

@AnomalousMonk, I won't claim to be any sort of expert with xml. To me, if internet explorer grey'ed it out, and Visual SlickEdit "green"ed it out, I take it it's a comment in the XML. :)

Thanks for all your help!