This sophisticated Perl script can perform all the basic requirements of a web counter. It can :- act as a page-hit counter; act as a download counter; track ip addresses to avoid false increments; disable caching; output counter values in a manner suitable for javascript or server-side includes.
Unless you want to gather detailed statistics, or display values using pictorial graphics, this counter will probably do everything you need.
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