diff --git a/FHEM/98_count.pm b/FHEM/98_count.pm
index 242b84903..e88a675f3 100644
--- a/FHEM/98_count.pm
+++ b/FHEM/98_count.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 sub count_Initialize($$) {
-
   $cmds{count} = {  Fn => "CommandCount",
                       Hlp=>"[filter],count devices"};
 }
@@ -14,14 +13,16 @@ sub CommandCount($$)
 {
   my ($cl, $param) = @_;
   my $str = "";
-  my $fill = "";
+  my $fill = $str;
   my $n    = 0;
-  
+  my $raw  = $n;
+    
   if(!$param) { # List of all devices
     $n = keys %defs;
     $fill = "s" if $n != 1;
     $str = "\nCount: $n device$fill in total.\n";
   } else { # devspecArray
+    $raw = $param =~ s/ raw$//i;
     $n       = 0;
     my @list = devspec2array($param,$cl);
     $n       = int(@list);
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ sub CommandCount($$)
     $str     = "\nCount: $n device$fill for devspec $param\n";
   }
 
-  return $str;
+  return $str unless $raw;
+  return $n;
 }
 
 1;
@@ -48,10 +50,12 @@ sub CommandCount($$)
 <a name="count"></a>
 <h3>count</h3>
 <ul>
-  <code>count [devspec]</code>
+  <code>count [devspec] [raw]</code>
   <br><br>
   Count devices specified by devspec.<br/>
   If no devspec given, count will return number of totally defined devices.<br/>
+  Count will return the plain number of devices if "raw" passed as last part of the command.<br/>
+  This is useful for processing the number of devices itself.<br/>
 </ul>
 
 =end html