in reply to List vs array printing in perl

Use:

perl -e 'print +(getpwnam(traveler))[2,3];'

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To understand why your attempt doesn't work add -w:

C:\test> perl -we "print (getpwnam(traveler))[2,3];"
print (...) interpreted as function at -e line 1.
Unquoted string "traveler" may clash with future reserved word at -e l
+ine 1.
syntax error at -e line 1, near ")["
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

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