for item in "$@" ; do
if [ -e "$item" ] ; then
	if   [ -d "$item" ] ; then
		number=`ls -al "$item" | wc -l`
		if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
		echo "'$item' is dir! $number elements found.";
		else
		echo "'$item' is dir!";
		fi
		elif [ -f "$item" ] ; then
		echo "'$item' is a file!";
	fi
else
	echo "'$item' doesn't exist!";
fi
done