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Old 12-01-2016
Thank you all for your help and explanations! working as expected!
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# 9  
Old 12-02-2016
How many arguments can set handle?
Perhaps the file_exists function scales better?
Code:
file_exists() {
  for _i do [ -f "$_i" ] && return
  done
  return 1
}

if file_exists *.*
then
  ...
fi

--
The if-elsif-fi chain is a typical case-esac chain
Code:
case $Output_Month in
(01) MMM="Jan";;
(02) MMM="Feb";;
...
esac
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