pathchk

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check whether file names are valid or portable

User commands 5 optionscoreutils 9.7-3

pathchk [OPTION]... NAME...

Options

5

-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

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

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SEE ALSO

Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pathchk
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pathchk invocation'

Packaged by Debian (9.7-3)
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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.