if $recursive=1; then
    find $targetdir -mindepth 1 -print -exec stat {}
else
    find $targetdir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print -exec stat {}
fi

#for line in $( if [ $recursive = "1" ]; then
#	find $targetdir -mindepth 1 -print
#else
#	find $targetdir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print
#fi ); do
#        # ...whatever
#done