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> From: reader@newsguy.com
> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:33:36 -0600
> 
> So something like:
> 
> img-0987.jpg
> img-9027.jpg
> img-1237.jpg
> img-0007.jpg
> 
> Might become:
> 
> 000-img-0987.jpg
> 001-img-9027.jpg
> 002-img-1237.jpg
> 003-img-0007.jpg
> 
> Or if keeping the original for reference is not needed then possibly:
> 
> img-000.jpg
> img-001.jpg
> img-002.jpg
> img-003.jpg

You should be able to use the \, construct to invoke `format' or some
similar function and advance the counter.  See the example in

   (emacs) Regexp Replace

in the Emacs manual.