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PATHCHK
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 2025
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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
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pathchk>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pathchk invocation'
Packaged by Debian (9.7-3)
Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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