#!/usr/bin/perl -w use XML::DOM; my $value = $ARGV[0]; my $StatePath = 'plant/stems/stem_type/'; my $base_dir = '/home/openkey/public_html/character/xml/'; my $dir = $base_dir . $StatePath; my $file = $dir . $value . '.xml'; my $parser = new XML::DOM::Parser; my $doc = $parser->parsefile('/home/openkey/public_html/shared/state_simple.xml'); $doc->printToFile("$file"); #open(OUT, <