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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)