PATHCHK(1) User Commands PATHCHK(1) 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: Report any translation bugs to COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . 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 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pathchk invocation' GNU coreutils 9.5 March 2024 PATHCHK(1)