Re: Easy way to rename files sequentially?

[reader]

Xah Lee <xah@xahlee.org> writes:

> See:
>
> * Rename Files by a Text Pattern
> http://xahlee.org/emacs/rename_file_pattern.html
>
> summary:
> Alt+x dired
> Alt+x dired-do-rename-regexp
>
> if this does not satisfy your creating sequencial numbers for file
> names... write back more pls and i'll try to help. (or the group)

I'm probably blind but I see nothing there about sequential numbering.

Then Peters post speaks of adding strings to `columns'

I guess what is throwning me is the use of format strings that are not
explained to generate the numbers.