If all you want is the very latest file then a straight out compare as you traverse the file list will do...

my $latest;
$latest->{mtime} = 0;

for (glob '/path/to/logs/*.log' ) {
  next if -d;
  my $mtime = (stat)[9];
  if ($mtime > $latest->{mtime}){
    $latest->{filename} = $_;
    $latest->{mtime}    = $mtime;
  }
}

print $latest->{filename}, "\n";
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Update: I see sk already posted this...