Something like this (in bash)

shopt -s extglob
n=1000
for file in *.jpg;do mv $file ${file/_+([0-9])/_$n}; n=$((n+1)); done


Alan Dayley wrote:

>I have a bunch of photo files with the same root name and a number.  The files 
>are in the directory ordered from least to greatest but are not sequential.  
>Like this:
>
>birthdayParty04_345.JPG
>birthdayParty04_348.JPG
>birthdayParty04_357.JPG
>birthdayParty04_392.JPG
>birthdayParty04_403.JPG
>
>I want to rename them so they are in the same order but the numbers are 
>sequential.  Like this:
>
>birthdayParty04_001.JPG
>birthdayParty04_002.JPG
>birthdayParty04_003.JPG
>birthdayParty04_004.JPG
>birthdayParty04_005.JPG
>
>My scripting skills are less than good and so far my attempts to do this have 
>ended in failures of various degrees.  Does anyone have a quick answer they 
>can provide?
>
>Alan
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