Using sed how can I replace the lines that start with a star and replace it with numbers starting from 1?

I need to replace the (*) in the fist of a list with numbers using sed for example >

this file contain a list

*linux

*computers

*labs

*questions

to >>>>

this file contain a list

linux computers labs questions I tried using

sed -e 's/*//' file.in > file.out | sed -i = file.out

Using sed how can I replace the lines that start with a star and replace it with numbers starting from 1?

I need to replace the (*) in the fist of a list with numbers using sed for example >

this file contain a list

*linux

*computers

*labs

*questions

to >>>>

this file contain a list

1 linux
2 computers
3 labs
4 questions

I tried using

sed -e 's/*//' file.in > file.out | sed -i = file.out

Using sed how can I replace the lines that start with a star and replace it with numbers starting from 1?

Using sed how can I replace the lines that start with a star and replace it with numbers starting from 1?

I need to replace the (*) in the fist of a list with numbers using sed for example >

this file contain a list

*linux

*computers

*labs

*questions

to >>>>

this file contain a list

linux computers labs questions I tried using

sed -e 's/*//' file.in > file.out | sed -i = file.out