#!/usr/bin/perl -w -s use strict; use XML::LibXML; my $it = shift || 1; my $nn = shift || ''; print qq($it\n); my $parser = XML::LibXML->new(); my $doc = $parser->parse_file("model.xml") or die "cannot open xml file: $!"; my $node = $doc->getDocumentElement(); my @dc = $node->getElementsByTagName('fixe'); foreach my $descr (@dc) { foreach my $elt ($descr->childNodes()) { next unless $elt->nodeType() == 1; #to avoid text nodes if ( $elt->nodeName eq $nn ) { $descr->addSibling($elt->cloneNode) foreach ( 1 .. $it ); } else { $descr->addSibling($elt); } } my $parent = $descr->parentNode; $parent->removeChild($descr); } print $doc->toString();