Using &List::Util::reduce, can save having to sort.

$ perl -MList::Util=reduce -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E '
my $newest =
   reduce { $a->[ 1 ] > $b->[ 1 ] ? $a : $b }
   do {
      opendir my $dotDH, q{.} or die qq{opendir: .: $!\n};
      map  { [ $_, ( stat $_ )[ 9 ] ] }
      grep { -f and not -l }
      readdir $dotDH;
      };

say qq{Newest file - $newest->[ 0 ]};'
Newest file - spw1029421
$
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And that really is the newest file in the directory :-)