newpl () 
{ 
    [[ -z $1 ]] && { 
        echo "usage:  newpl FILENAME"
        return
    }
    [[ -d $1 ]] || [[ ! -e $1 ]] && vim $1;
    [[ -e $1 ]] && { 
        chmod 0755 $1
        /bin/ls -al $1
    } || { 
        echo "File $1 was not saved"
    }
}