I need to write a quick program to parse through a logfile that has both log entries with dates and XML imbedded in the file. The following snippet is an example of the type of data we see in the file. 
Feb 30 10:55:23: [B:S:0:12345abcd:Information] Information
Feb 30 10:55:23: Before converting xml into DOM in the XMLRespToEvent 
+method
Feb 30 10:55:23: The xmlString before parsing is : <?xml version="1.0"
+ encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<outputGetSubscriptionInfo ixc="">
  <svcAsgmInfo svcEffDt="2002-04-29" svcExprDt="9999-12-31" salesChnlI
+d="CC">
    <primarySvc svcNm="F W-CTP" svcId="abcdefghij:" svcTyp="PK" svcDes
+c="Basic service &amp;MWI" srchCategory="PK" extnClassNm="COM_SVC">
      <depositAmt/>
      <charge chgTypeCd="R" chgStDt="2001-08-01">
        <chgAmt amntDue="0.00"/>
      </charge>

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I have written the following snippet to read the file: 
while (<LOGDATA>) {
    $logline=$_;
    print ("The whole line is --->  ",$logline);
}

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Whenever the program hits a line with the XML it just prints a blank line. Any ideas? Also, after writing a general parsing engine I will need to write another program to parse through the XML. Best recommendations? Thanks in advance!!!!! Rich

In reply to Why is this program producing blank lines when parsing a file by vonman

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