#!/usr/bin/env bash

# prevent output of "$1/*.xml" as file
# if the target directory is empty
shopt -s nullglob

cd $1

cat <<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<newsfiles>
EOF

for item in *.xml ; do
  echo "    <file>${item}</file>"
done

cat <<EOF
</newsfiles>
EOF