How can I modify script to print information about all files in directory

Question

How can I finish the script?

Linux version 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 .(Red Hat 4.8.5-36)

#!/bin/bash
echo "Enter the file name"
read x
if [ -f $x ]
then
    echo "This is a regular file"
else
    echo "This is a directory"
fi

Need modify script which will output all files and directory in /etc/ directory and indicate which one is what (e.g.:

dir1 is a directory
fileA is a file
dir2 is a directory

2nd part of the job I did. need help with

Instead of asking for the filename with `read`, use `for x in /etc/*` — Barmar, Jul 15 '19 at 21:59

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 15 '19 at 22:02

Use a for loop instead of getting the filenames from the user.

#!/bin/bash
for file in /etc/*; do
    if [ -f "$file" ]
    then 
        echo "$file is a regular file"
    elif [ -d "$file" ]
    then 
        echo "$file is a directory"
    else 
        echo "$file is something else"
    fi
done

Don't forget to quote variables, in case the value contains a space. And there are other possibilities than just files and directories.

How can I modify script to print information about all files in directory

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