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.TH PATHCHK "1" "March 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.21" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pathchk \- check whether file names are valid or portable
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pathchk
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fINAME\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Diagnose invalid or unportable file names.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR
check for most POSIX systems
.TP
\fB\-P\fR
check for empty names and leading "\-"
.TP
\fB\-\-portability\fR
check for all POSIX systems (equivalent to \fB\-p\fR \fB\-P\fR)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Paul Eggert, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report pathchk bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report pathchk translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B pathchk
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B pathchk
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqpathchk invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
