if $recursive=1; then
    result=`find $targetdir -mindepth 1 -print`
else
    result=`find $targetdir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print`
fi


for line in $result
do
    stat $line
done

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