[woud420]

For next time you don't want to have to copy and paste. No need for SED.

cat <file> | cut -d ' ' -f1 | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr

[jnpatel]

I'd suggest replacing the use of cat with:

    tail -n 10000 apache.log

[xlucas]

no need for cat

[woud420]

You're correct, force of habit.