The use of the double brackets [[ condition ]] allows us to do more advanced condition testing but it is not compatible with the Bourne shell. The double brackets were first introduced as a defined keyword in the KornShell and are also available in bash and Zsh. Unlike the single bracket, this is not a command but a keyword. The use of the type command can confirm this:
$ type [[
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