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PATHCHK(1) User Commands PATHCHK(1)
NAME
pathchk - check whether file names are valid or portable
SYNOPSIS
pathchk [OPTION]... NAME...
DESCRIPTION
Diagnose invalid or unportable 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/core‐
utils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationpro‐
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 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.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/core‐
utils/pathchk>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pathchk invocation'
GNU coreutils 8.32 April 2020 PATHCHK(1)