PATHCHK

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2021
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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

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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.