PATHCHK(1)

NAME
pathchk - Check whether file names are valid or portable

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

DESCRIPTION
Check whether file names are valid or portable

OPTIONS

-p  check for most POSIX systems

-P  check for empty names and leading "-"

--portability
    check for all POSIX systems (equivalent to -p -P)

-h, --help
    Print help

-V, --version
    Print version

EXTRA
## Examples 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 ...}} > The examples are provided by the [tldr-pages project](https://tldr.sh) under the [CC BY 4.0 License](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/LICENSE.md). > > Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.

VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.9.0