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#!/usr/bin/perl use Modern::Perl; $_ = qq@ <page> <title>Some Title</title> <id>1149707</id> <revision> <id>4220</id> <timestamp>2011-04-02T16:47:40Z</timestamp> <contributor> <username>some User Name</username> <id>268</id> </contributor> <minor /> <text xml:space="preserve">some Text ... ......... ..................... ..................... .....................</text> </revision> </page> @; s@.*?<text.*?>(.*?)</text>.*@$1@s; say;
Tested.