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

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COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2023  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 9.4                                   June 2025                                         PATHCHK(1)