#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use XML::LibXML; my $parser = XML::LibXML->new(); # this call should probably be wrapped in an eval (or Try::Tiny) or at least # tested for a valid object being returned. my $doc = $parser->parse_file('student.xml'); my $query = '//student'; for my $ele ($doc->findnodes($query)){ my $attr_text=$ele->getAttribute('id'); if($attr_text eq '1001'){ my $new_ele=$doc->createElement('student'); $new_ele->setAttribute('id','1003'); $ele->insertAfter($new_ele,undef); last; } } # if you can't open the file you want to know why open(TESTFILE,">result.xml") or die "Can not open output: $!"; print TESTFILE $doc->toString; close(TESTFILE); exit; __END__