Hi Monks, Thanks for your help. I was closer than i thought…. however, i am struggling to keep the <infoTable> parameter which is included on the same line as <infomationTable…. which i am essentially deleting. Suggestions on how to retain the <infoTable> text would be appreciated. Also, the <?xml line is a bear to get rid of? thanks

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#




$file = 'test.xml';        # Name the file
open(INFO, $file);        # Open the file
@lines = <INFO>;        # Read it into an array
close(INFO);            # Close the file

open STDOUT, ">$file" or die "cannot open file $!\n" ;        # Open t
+he file

for (@lines) {
    s#<informationTable.*##;

  }
 
   print @lines;

  close(STDOUT);
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#sample xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<informationTable xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/document/thirteenf/i
+nformationtable" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance
+">  <infoTable>

</infoTable>
</informationTable>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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