Renaming audio files with increasing numbers.

I don't know if this is a Logic or a MacOS question but since it has to do with music I post it here.
I received three Cds with audio files. Every CD starts from track number one. I want to import all that files into logic. It confuses me when I have three audio files with the same name in my audio window. I want to rename them so I can see to which CD they belong.
I could rename all the files manually. But is there a way to rename the files with increasing numbers all at once?
Can I do that with the file manager or automator??
Thanks for help,
Eddie

Hi
what i do is import the files in Logic.
In the arrange window select all the different regions (i only have done this when they're on the same track).
Select the text tool.
click on the first track you wanna rename - a blue box will appear.
type the preferred name with a 1 after it.
all the regions following that region will be renamed incrementally.
You can also do this with a single region that you have split in logic.
Or you can split a region in logic and to rename them as individual files i press ctrl-F and ask logic to save them as "xxxfile1" - or with out the "1" i can't remember - and it saves them all incrementally.
Hope this helps
Rounik

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