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for a in *.fa
do
    if [ -f $a ]  
    then
        echo "Starting..$a"
        (some program will run..)
    else
        echo "file $a cannot be opened for reading...FIX IT!"
    fi
done

Starting..060117_manip.txt
Starting..203351.txt
Starting..203711.txt
Starting..4ux.com.txt
Starting..A.txt
Starting..B.txt
Starting..C.txt
...

for a in *.txt
do
    if [ -f $a ]
    then
        echo "Starting..$a"
        #(some program will run..)
    else
        echo "file $a cannot be opened for reading...FIX IT!"
    fi
done

n12:/home/vbe $ ll 003
-rw-rw-r--    1 vbe      sysdso          194 Nov 09 17:51 003

n12:/home/vbe $ sh 003|more