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Got some sample data for us to chew on? Your regex is very suspect. If we had sample data we could help you figure out the right regex to use.

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Re: Re: Parsing Log File Help!
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 15, 2004 at 10:17 UTC
    Yes, the data file looks like :
    Company Name*345467*YW34567c*activitype*04/15/2004*11:34:10*123456789*1
    Thanks
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      If I'm reading this correctly, try: 
         foreach (<LOGFILE>) {
      @fields = split '*', $_;

      # ... blah, blah, blah ...

   }

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      as for the counting... not sure I follow. If you're trying to count the number of times a specific value shows up in a field (i.e., number of times "company abc", "company xyz", etc. show up in the "company name" field) then perhaps something like: 
         %company_count;

   foreach (<LOGFILE>) {
      ($company_name, ...) = split '*', $_;

      $company_count{$company_name} ++;

   }
   
#   foreach sort (keys %company_count) {
   foreach (sort keys %company_count) {
      print $_, " showed up ", $company_count{$_}, " times\n";
   }

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      fits the bill...
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