Hmm, your code is a bit chaotic. But here is my try to solve your problem: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

$file = 'msgcount.txt';
open (LOG, $file);

my %records; # creat a hash

while (<LOG>) {
   # each line is parsed by this regular expression:
   if (/^\S+ (\S+) (\d+)/) {
      # and the value for the name, which is now in $1 
      # is increased by the number in $2
      $records{$1} += $2;
   }
}

# then we go through all keys (the names)
# in our %record hash
for (keys %records) {
   # and print out their sum:
   print "$_: $records{$_}\n";
}

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Hope this was useful?

In reply to Re: Parsing a text file by elmex
in thread Parsing a text file by nimajneb

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