Manual: gnupathchk

PATHCHK(1)						User Commands						  PATHCHK(1)

NAME
       pathchk - check whether file names are valid or portable

SYNOPSIS
       pathchk [OPTION]... NAME...

DESCRIPTION
       Diagnose invalid or non-portable file names.

       -p     check for most POSIX systems

       -P     check for empty names and leading "-"

       --portability
	      check for all POSIX systems (equivalent to -p -P)

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Eggert, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
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SEE ALSO
       Full documentation 
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pathchk invocation'

       Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

GNU coreutils 9.7					January 2026						  PATHCHK(1)