diff --git a/check_clientbackup.sh b/check_clientbackup.sh
index 3baa29e84e0773aac2c3eff53db90a4de44aea97..6e752f0217b63a5f3b15ff23453defe91164251f 100755
--- a/check_clientbackup.sh
+++ b/check_clientbackup.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # 2022-02-09  ah     v1.2  update after changes in logging
 # 2022-10-07  ah     v1.3  unescape regex with space to prevent "grep: warning: stray \ before white space"
 # 2022-10-20  ah     v1.4  show last backup, prune and verify
+# 2023-09-01  ah     v1.5  add counters for new/ changed/ deleted fileobjects (Restic only)
 # ==============================================================================
 
 . $(dirname $0)/jobhelper.sh
@@ -142,13 +143,30 @@ else
     if [ $flagShowChangedFiles -ne 0 ]; then
       sSearch="Args:|ElapsedTime|SourceFiles|SourceFileSize|RawDeltaSize"
       if echo "$logfile" | grep -E "(inc|auto)" >/dev/null; then
-        sSearch="[ADM] |${sSearch}"
+        sSearch="[+-M] |${sSearch}"
       fi
       echo ">>> Changes:"
       grep -E "^(${sSearch})" $logfile | cut -f 2- -d  ':'
       echo
     fi
 
+    if cat $logfile | grep restic >/dev/null; then
+
+      echo ">>> Counters:"
+      iModFNew=$(    cat $logfile | grep -c "^+    /.*[^/]$" )
+      iModDNew=$(    cat $logfile | grep -c "^+    /.*/$" )
+      iModFChange=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^M    /.*[^/]$" )
+      iModDChange=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^M    /.*/$" )
+      iModFDelete=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^-    /.*[^/]$" )
+      iModDDelete=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^-    /.*/$" )
+
+      printf "__COUNTERS__New:     %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFNew    $iModDNew
+      printf "__COUNTERS__Changed: %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFChange $iModDChange
+      printf "__COUNTERS__Deleted: %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFDelete $iModDDelete
+      echo "__PERFDATA__ |files-new=$iModFNew;;;0|files-mod=$iModFChange;;;0|files-del=$iModFDelete|dirs-new=$iModDNew;;;0|dirs-mod=$iModDChange;;;0|dirs-del=$iModDDelete"
+      echo
+    fi
+
     echo ">>> Summary of database backup actions:"
     cat $logfile | grep '__DB__' | filterColor | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | sort -u | while read -r dbprefix
     do