Let's say you have an extremly simple XML file named cartoon.xml that contains the following markup.

<acme>
  <name>Bugs Bunny</name>
</acme>

In this example, "name" is the key and "Bugs Bunny" is the value.

The following script will allow you to parse the values from the cartoon.xml file.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use XML::Simple;
$cartoon = XMLin("cartoon.xml");

You can print the keys . For example, the following markup will print "name" to the console.

print $_ for keys %$cartoon;

XML files can contains numerous "levels". Take for example the following XML.

<acme>
  <one>
    <two>
      <three>
        <name>Bugs Bunny</name>
      </three>
    </two>
  </one>
</acme>

In this scenario, to print "Bugs Bunny", you would need to include each "level" in your print statement.

print $_ for keys %{$cartoon->{'one'}->{'two'}->{'three'}};