XSPEC Composite Model Partial Flux Calculations

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Joe Prendergast
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Hello,
I am running a model in XSPEC: phabs*(pow + cflux*gaussian) on a WSL Ubuntu terminal.
The fit output shows lg10flux = -10.0803 which converts to a flux of 8.31189E-11 erg/s/cm^2. This is correct for the gaussian flux contribution.
The flux command produces:
0.069691 photons (8.5637e-10 ergs/cm^2/s)
This is correct for the entire model.
What I'd like to do is convert the gaussian flux of 8.31189E-11 erg/s/cm^2 to counts/s/keV.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks,
Joe