use strict; use warnings; use XML::LibXML; my $xpc = XML::LibXML::XPathContext->new; $xpc->registerNs('h', 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'); my $doc1 = XML::LibXML->new->parse_file('wiki.html'); my $doc2 = XML::LibXML->new->parse_file('timeline.html'); my ($node1) = $xpc->findnodes('//h:div[@id="metanav"]', $doc1); my ($node2) = $xpc->findnodes('//h:div[@id="metanav"]', $doc2); $node1->replaceNode($node2); print $doc1->toString(0);