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/usr/bin/pathchk

Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils.

From uutils 0.12.0-r6 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running pathchk --help (exit 0). permalink

Check whether file names are valid or portable

Usage: pathchk [OPTION]... NAME...

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
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
-pcheck for most POSIX systemshelp + man
-Pcheck for empty names and leading "-"help + man
--portabilitycheck for all POSIX systems (equivalent to -p -P)help + man
-h, --helpPrint helphelp + man
-V, --versionPrint versionhelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.