UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

ls -1 | while read file
do
if [[ -f $file ]]
then
echo "file : $file"
elif [[ -d $file ]]
then
echo "dir : $file"
fi
done

file_exists()
{
  while : 
  do
    [ -f "$1" ] && return 1
    shift       || return 0
  done
}

if file_exists fub* 
then 
  echo at least one file exists that matches this pattern
fi

exists()
{ 
  [ -e "$1" ]
}

if exists fub* 
then 
  echo at least one item exists that matches this pattern: a file or a directory or something else.
fi