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Do something recursively on all files

#!/bin/sh
 
function search_dir()
{
    DIR=$1;
 
    for file in $DIR/*; do
        if [[ -f $file ]]; then
            echo "Do something with $file"
        fi;
    done
 
 
    for element in $DIR/* ; do
        if [[ -e $element && -d $element && \
            $(basename "$element") != ".." && \
            $(basename "$element") != "." ]]; then
 
            search_dir "$element";
        fi;
    done;
}
 
search_dir "."