Actually, it doesn't sound like you should be naming your hashes using the $countit variable anyway. You're probably better off putting all of your hashes in an array and using $countit as the array subscript.

$array_of_hashes[$countit]->{FILE} = $file;
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or...

%{$array_of_hashes[$countit]} = (FILE => $file);
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-Bird