If you want to know the exact hits on your website (or whatever logfile you want) for a specific date without duplicates, here's how.
"Unique" means you don't want to count hits to an URL originating from the same IP twice.

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You can use the attached script to do so:

# ./log_parser.rb 2011-10-04

27 hits on /rss.xml
36 hits on /stylesheets/fonts/slkscr-webfont.woff
37 hits on /stylesheets/fonts/slkscrb-webfont.woff
37 hits on /images/bullet.png
38 hits on /images/download.png
38 hits on /images/play.png
39 hits on /stylesheets/gameboy.css
39 hits on /stylesheets/screen.css
39 hits on /javascripts/jquery-1.6.1.min.js
43 hits on /images/hosts/x2/arne.png
43 hits on /images/hosts/x2/thomas.png
43 hits on /images/hosts/x2/henning.png
45 hits on /
46 hits on /images/die-nerdtanke-75x75.png
50 hits on /favicon.ico
260 hits on /podcasts/nerdtanke-8.mp3