Hi,
Do you guys happen to know if there is existing Perl implementation for converting BIBITEM entry like this: 
\bibitem[Ao {\it et~al}., 2004]{AGKM04} Ao, W. {\it et~al.} (2001) Som
+e long title 1, {\it Science}, {\bf 305}, 1743-1746.

\bibitem[Bailey and Elkan, 1995]{BE95} Bailey, T.  Elkan, C. (1995)  S
+ome long title 2 {\it Machine Learning}, {\bf 21}, 51-80.

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Into BIBTEX entry like this: 
@article{AGKM04,
    author  = {Ao, W and \ {\it et~al.}},
    title   = {Some long title 1},
    journal = {Science},
    year  = {2004},
    volume= {305},
    pages = {1743-1746},
}
@article{BE95,
    author  = {Bailey, T and  Elkan, C.},
    title   = {Some long title 2},
    journal = {Machine Learning},
    year  = {1995},
    volume= {21},
    pages = {51-80},
}

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Regards,
Edward

In reply to Converting Bibitem into Bibtex Entry with Perl by monkfan

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