Hi monks,

I am very new to perl. I am learning the basics. However, I am not new to programming.

My task is as follows. I have a ".bib" (bibliography) file for which I have written a parser to make some changes within this file, in perl. This modified .bib file, I have to translate/convert to a .json format from here:

http://simile.mit.edu/babel/

This task is extremely annoying as you have to perform this everytime you modify the .bib file. I just came to know Perl is powerful enough to automate this process. I am a little lost however, in this regard as to where to start. I am not asking you to write the code for me, of course. It would be really great if you could give me some pointers as to how to get started.

best, arun.

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