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in reply to Re^4: Parsing XML with XML::Simple
in thread Parsing XML with XML::Simple

If you need the CSV info accessible to the programs you need to enclose the content in <[CDATA[...]]> to make sure the <, > and & characters do not break the XML, if you don't it would be best to use comments:

<!-- CVS $Id: File_Find.pl,v 1.1 2006-12-17 19:25:03 eric Exp $ This That <this@that.com> Desc: Test file --> <root> ...