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Check the validity and portability of pathnames.

Check pathnames for validity in the current system
pathchk {{path1 path2 ...}}
Check pathnames for validity on a wider range of POSIX compliant systems
pathchk -p {{path1 path2 ...}}
Check pathnames for validity on all POSIX compliant systems
pathchk {{-p -P|--portability}} {{path1 path2 ...}}
Only check for empty pathnames or leading dashes (-)
pathchk -P {{path1 path2 ...}}

PATHCHK(1)                                  User Commands                                 PATHCHK(1)



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
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

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.

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



GNU coreutils 8.32                          January 2026                                  PATHCHK(1)

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