$ perl5.00503 -le 'print $]' 5.00503 $ perl5.6.0 -le 'print $]' 5.006 $ perl5.6.1 -le 'print $]' 5.006001 #### $ perl5.00503 -le 'printf "v%d.%d.%d\n", $] =~ /^(\d+)\.(\d{3})(\d*)/' v5.5.3 $ perl5.6.0 -le 'printf "v%d.%d.%d\n", $] =~ /^(\d+)\.(\d{3})(\d*)/' v5.6.0 $ perl5.6.1 -le 'printf "v%d.%d.%d\n", $] =~ /^(\d+)\.(\d{3})(\d*)/' v5.6.1