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+#!/bin/bash
+# This can help get patches prefixed by the term of number.
+#
+# Just please list all patches in the file "series" orderly, and then run this
+# script directly.
+#
+# $ cat series
+# $ xxxx.patch
+# $ yyyy.patch
+# $ zzzz.patch
+# $ ./prefix-with-number.sh
+# $ ls -l
+#   0001-xxxx.patch
+#   0002-yyyy.patch
+#   0003-zzzz.patch
+#
+i=0000
+for line in `sed -e "s/#.*//g" series`; do
+	i=$(expr $i + 1)
+	a=$((10000+$i))
+	mv $line ${a:1}-$line
+done;