## 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: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report pathchk translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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 at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pathchk>
or available locally via: info (aq(coreutils) pathchk invocation(aq