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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/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.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/coreutils/pathchk> or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) pathchk invocation\(aq