perl -e "print (localtime)[6];" syntax error at -e line 1, near ")[" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors. #### perl -e "my $test = (localtime)[6];print $test" 5 #### perl -e "print scalar (localtime)[6]" syntax error at -e line 1, near ")[" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.