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Like this, with one awk:

awk '$NF=="*"{$NF=""; arr[$0]++}END{for (i in arr) print i arr[i]}' ./*

With perl one-liner:

perl -anE '
    if ($F[-1] eq "*") {
        $k = join " ", @F[0..@F-2];
        $a->{$k}++
    }
    END{say "$_ $a->{$_}" for keys %$a}
' ./*

The -a is the split mode in @F default array

Like this, with one awk:

awk '$NF=="*"{$NF=""; arr[$0]++}END{for (i in arr) print i arr[i]}' ./*

• $NF is the latest string separated by space(s) by default
• the main trick is to create an associative named array with the current words as key and incrementing as value
• at the END we iterate over the array to print each keys/values

With perl one-liner:

perl -anE '
    if ($F[-1] eq "*") {
        $k = join " ", @F[0..@F-2];
        $a->{$k}++
    }
    END{say "$_ $a->{$_}" for keys %$a}
' ./*

The -a is the split mode in @F default array

Like this, with one awk:

awk '$NF=="*"{$NF=""; arr[$0]++}
     END{for (i in arr) print i arr[i]}' ./*

With perl one-liner:

perl -anE '
    if ($F[-1] eq "*") {
        $k = join " ", @F[0..@F-2];
        $a->{$k}++
    }
    END{say "$_ $a->{$_}" for keys %$a}
' ./*

The -a is the split mode in @F default array

Like this, with one awk:

awk '$NF=="*"{$NF=""; arr[$0]++}END{for (i in arr) print i arr[i]}' ./*

With perl one-liner:

perl -anE '
    if ($F[-1] eq "*") {
        $k = join " ", @F[0..@F-2];
        $a->{$k}++
    }
    END{say "$_ $a->{$_}" for keys %$a}
' ./*

The -a is the split mode in @F default array

Like this, with one awk:

awk '$NF=="*"{$NF=""; arr[$0]++}
     END{for (i in arr) print i arr[i]}' *

With perl one-liner:

perl -anE '
    if ($F[-1] eq "*") {
        $k = join " ", @F[0..@F-2];
        $a->{$k}++
    }
    END{say "$_ $a->{$_}" for keys %$a}
' *

The -a is the split mode in @F default array

Like this, with one awk:

awk '$NF=="*"{$NF=""; arr[$0]++}
     END{for (i in arr) print i arr[i]}' ./*

With perl one-liner:

perl -anE '
    if ($F[-1] eq "*") {
        $k = join " ", @F[0..@F-2];
        $a->{$k}++
    }
    END{say "$_ $a->{$_}" for keys %$a}
' ./*

The -a is the split mode in @F default array