my $cmd = q|ssh -q aimuat perl -e \'\$MTIME = \( stat \( \"Envs_aimuat.xml\" \)\)\[9\]\;print \$MTIME\;\'|; $TStamp = `$cmd`; #### my $cmd = q|ssh -q aimuat perl -e \'print +\( stat \( \"Envs_aimuat.xml\" \)\)\[9\]\;\'|; $TStamp = `$cmd`;