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 (9.7-3ubuntu1)
       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.

GNU coreutils 9.7                                 October 2025                                        PATHCHK(1)