How to write $\left(x\frac{d}{dx}\right)^n $ in terms of Stirling numbers of the first kind?

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How to write $\left(x\frac{d}{dx}\right)^n $ in terms of Stirling numbers of the first kind ${n\brack m}$?

I know that we can write the above in terms of Stirling numbers of the second kind ${n\brace m}$,

as below:

$$\left(x\frac{d}{dx}\right)^n=\sum_{m=1}^n {n\brace m} x^m \left(\frac{d}{dx}\right)^m, \qquad n \ge 1.$$

Is there a similar way of writing this for the Stirling numbers of the first kind ${n\brack m}$?