#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# MLX - Note that the above line also turns on warnings
# MLX - in any other modules that you use or require.
# MLX - The 'use warnings' pragma below may be more of
# MLX - what you intended

use strict;
use warnings;

my ($time, $site, $logName, $fullName, $date, $gmt, $req, $file, $proto, $status, $length);
#
# MLX - You may want to move as much of this declaration
# MLX - into the foreach loop, unless you really need the
# MLX - data from the last pass through the loop afterwards.

# $site;
#
# MLX - Not sure what you want to do with this one.  It
# MLX - is a no-op.

my $LOGFILE = "config.txt";

# open LOGFILE,"$LOGFILE" or die "cannot open file : $!";
#
# MLX - Excellent use of 'open or die "foo: $!"'!
#
# MLX - If $LOGFILE is assigned from something you don't
# MLX - have complete control over, it can be used in
# MLX - the 2-argument version of open to overwrite
# MLX - another file.  Better would be:

open LOGFILE,'<', $LOGFILE or die "cannot open file : $!";

# MLX - Another 'improvement' might be to use lexical
# MLX - file handles: 'open my $log_fh, ... '

foreach my $line (<LOGFILE>) {
    
    ($site, $logName, $fullName, $date, $gmt,
         $req, $file, $proto, $status, $length) = split(' ',$line);
    # MLX - Add a 'my' to the beginning of this unless
    # MLX - you need to have the data from the last pass
    # MLX - after the loop has terminated.

   my $a = "$site\n";
   print "--$a\n";
   my $b = "$logName\n";
   print "==$b\n";
 }
close(LOGFILE);