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echo a outout with incrimenting number to the start of files using xargs
$ ls | xargs -I {} bash -c 'echo {} >> temp.txt'
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This command will list all files in the current directory and append each file name to a temporary file called temp.txt using xargs and echo.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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