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pathchk — Check the validity and portability of pathnames. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/cor

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Problem

How to use the pathchk command: Check the validity and portability of pathnames. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/pathchk-invocation.html>.

Solution

pathchk — Check the validity and portability of pathnames. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/pathchk-invocation.html>.

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 ...}}

Code Snippets

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 ...}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pathchk

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