open(out,">commands.xml"); print out qq!!; open(FH,"command description.txt"); while (my $line = ) { $line =~ s/ (indefinitely)//; $line =~ s/\s\s/\t/g; $line =~ s/\t+/!/g; $line =~ /^(....)\s*!([^!]+)!(.*)$/i; $cmd = $1; $name = $2; $data = $3; ($p1,$p2,$p3,$p4) = split('!',$data); chomp($p1); chomp($p2); chomp($p3); chomp($p4); #print out $line; next if (!$cmd && !$name); print "$cmd ! $name ! $p1 ! $p2 ! $p3 ! $p4\n"; print out qq!<$name>$cmd$p1$p2$p3$p4\n!; } close FH; print out qq!!;