my $tty_rdev = (stat('/dev/dsp0'))[6]; print major($tty_rdev), " ", minor($tty_rdev),"\n"; sub MAJOR_MASK () { 03777400 } sub MAJOR_SHIFT () { 0000010 } sub MINOR_MASK () { 037774000377 } sub MINOR_SHIFT () { 0000000 } sub major { my $dev = shift; return defined MAJOR_MASK ? ($dev & MAJOR_MASK) >> MAJOR_SHIFT : undef; } sub minor { my $dev = shift; return defined MINOR_MASK ? ($dev & MINOR_MASK) >> MINOR_SHIFT : undef; }