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Re: renaming with number prefix

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From: Stephen Marley <stephen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: renaming with number prefix
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 17:09:51 +0000
In-reply-to: <19980123165404.53612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from Sven Guckes on Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 04:54:04PM +0100
References: <19980123165404.53612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Quoting Sven Guckes (guckes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx):
> Problem:
> Rename all files within a directory such that their names
> get a numeral prefix in the default sort order.
> 
> Btw, "leading zeroes" would be a bonus.
> 

i=1; for f in *; do echo mv $f $(echo $i| awk '{ printf("%03d", $0)}').$f; ((i++)); done

remove the first echo to really move files.
-- 
stephen@xxxxxxxxx

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  - From: Sven Guckes

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