Hello perltux,

FTR, you can also disambiguate the syntax with a plus sign:

 1:41 >perl -e "print (gmtime(time))[6];"
syntax error at -e line 1, near ")["
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

 1:41 >perl -e "print ((gmtime(time))[6]);"
6
 1:41 >perl -e "print +(gmtime(time))[6];"
6
 1:41 >
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Hope that helps,