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A Leibniz-like formula for $(f(x) \frac{d}{dx})^n f(x)$?

Let $f(x)$ be sufficiently regular (e.g. a smooth function or a formal power series in characteristic 0 etc.). In my research the following recursion made a surprising entrance $$ f_1(x) = f(x),\ f_{n+...