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
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 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/coreutils/pathchk>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pathchk invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.10 March 2026 pathchk(1)
coreutils 9.10 - Generated Thu Apr 2 15:42:28 CDT 2026