use strict; use warnings; my $XML = ""; while () { chomp; $XML .= "$_"; } print join("", '', '', $XML, '' ); __DATA__ param :PREFIX|numeric|sTAP|null param :CLK_PERIOD|numeric|10000|null param :STAP_NUMBER_OF_BITS_FOR_SLICE||16|null param :STAP_SIZE_OF_EACH_INSTRUCTION|numeric|8|8-100 param :STAP_ENABLE_VERCODE|boolean|0