How do I delete the newline from a process output?

Question

I call git get the toplevel dir (according to Is there a way to get the git root directory in one command? ).

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Answer 1

If You are OK with awesome external package.

use s-trim

ELISP> (shell-command-to-string "light -G")
"60.00\n"

ELISP> (s-trim (shell-command-to-string "light -G"))
"60.00"