dir=/usr/path/tofiles
    for file in $(find $dir -name *txt)
    do
        fbase={file%.txt}
        if [ "$step" == "1" -a ! -f "${fbase}.header" ]
            then
                continue
        fi

    ### From here nothing in the script runs #####

        if [ -f "${fbase}merged" ]
        then
                echo "$file already merged"
        fi

       files="$files ${fbase}g.txt.gz"
       cnt=$(($cnt + 1))
       if [ "$cnt" -eq "$chunksize" ]
       then
           outid=$(uuidgen)
           logfile=${outdir}/${outid}.cluster.log
           echo "sh $(pwd)/mysecript.sh $outid $files"
       fi
    done