:
# loop for all files in the current directory
echo $1
echo `ls $1`
echo 

for loopvar in `ls $1`
do
   echo loopvar is $loopvar
   if [ -f $loopvar ]
   then
       echo $loopvar is a file "\c"
       if [ -r $loopvar ]
       then
           echo and is readable
       else
           echo and is NOT readable
       fi
   fi
done