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...