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Why do I Get [[: not found When Running a Script?

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Problem

I'm trying to write a script that has to check if a file exists. In the console I write and I get but when I write a script to do the same thing: and then execute the script, I get this: I saved the script on the current directory and named it ex.sh, then I made sure it is executable. To call the sā€¦

Error Output

if [[ -a /path/to/file.txt ]]; then echo "not mod"; else echo "mod"; fi

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Fix for: Why do I Get [[: not found When Running a Script?

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You are running a script written for bash under sh, which lacks many of the extended syntax features ā€“ is a builtin command and is not available in . Change to or to .

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