pathchk
check pathnames
TLDR
Check pathnames for validity in the current system
Check pathnames for validity on a wider range of POSIX compliant systems
Check pathnames for validity on all POSIX compliant systems
Only check for empty pathnames or leading dashes (-)
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
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2022 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'
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Eggert, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
