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Rename music files so they alphabetically follow a playlist

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I have a bunch of mp3s I've organised into a playlist for a party. What I'd like to be able to do is easily rename these files so that they start with the position in the playlist:

001.Track.mp3

002.Track.mp3

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Then they can simply be played in alphabetical order. Is this possible without just doing it manually?

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answered 10 Months ago herriail · Accepted Answer

You could try something like this:
I'm not sure if it needs something more but this should work.

    cat playlist.m3u | I=1 while read file; do

        mv $file $I.$file.mp3;

        I=$I + 1;

    done;

Edit: You could need I=`expr $I + 1'; instead of I=$I + 1;