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
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 Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
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.