PATHCHK(1) General Commands Manual PATHCHK(1)

pathchk - Check whether file names are valid or portable

pathchk [-p ] [-P ] [--portability] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [path]

Check whether file names are valid or portable

check for most POSIX systems
check for empty names and leading "-"
check for all POSIX systems (equivalent to -p -P)
Print help
Print version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

2026-04-07