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What command can be used to check if a directory does or does not exist, within a shell script?

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    Next time, dear @ayyappa, have a look at the suggested older posts when you type your title ;-) Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 11:06

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if [ -d "/path/to/dir" ]
then
      echo "Directory /path/to/dir exists."
else
      echo "Error: Directory /path/to/dir does not exists."
fi
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