file_checker

#!/bin/bash
echo "input file/dir name:"
read filename

#ls -l $filename | grep -o "^."

file_is_dir=$(ls -ld $filename | grep -o "^.")

if [[ $file_is_dir == "d" ]]
then
    echo "directory"
elif [[ $file_is_dir == "-" ]]
then
    echo "file"
fi