Re: How do I remove newline character from a number got from unix command

[space_monk]

The newline is attached because you're executing an OS command to do the work. Try using something more operating system agnostic - e.g.

use POSIX qw(strftime);

my $date = strftime "%Y", localtime;
print $date;

or...

use DateTime qw();
DateTime->now->strftime('%Y');