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add a incrimenting number to the start of files using xargs
$ ls | xargs -I{} mv {} `printf '%03d-{}' $(($(echo {} | cut -d '-' -f 1)+1))`
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This command lists all files in the current directory, then renames each file by adding an incrementing number at the start of the filename, padding with zeros to ensure a consistent width. The files are renamed in sequence, with the numbering starting at 001.
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