PATHCHK(1)

📦 version 0.12.0, in arch rolling

💅 PATHCHK(1) 💅

okay bestie, so this is pathchk from the General Commands Manual, section 1 — yes, the same section 1 as all your other fave commands. she's a little one, but she's important, and we're gonna get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pathchk — checks whether file names are valid or portable 💖

like, is this name even allowed to exist? and would it survive a trip to another system? that's her whole job, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pathchk [OPTION]... NAME...

you give her some *OPTION*s, you give her some *NAME*s, she tells you if they pass the vibe check. simple as that 🦋

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Check whether file names are valid or portable ✨

that's it, that's the whole thing. she's not here to make your files, not here to rename them, not here to judge you (okay maybe a little). she's just checking names for validity and portability, and honestly? iconic behaviour 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -p — check for most POSIX systems. like, the majority of them, not all of them, mind you 🌈
  • -P — check for empty names and leading -. yes, an empty name. yes, a name that starts with -. both of those are giving chaos 💀
  • --portability — check for all POSIX systems, which is literally equivalent to -p -P, so she's doing the most. obsessed 🫶
  • -h, --help — Print help
  • -V, --version — Print version
ngl bestie, -p is "most" and --portability is "all" — those are not the same thing, so pick accordingly. no cap 🔥

⭐ VERSION ⭐

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

okay that's the whole page, you ate 💖 and before you go — this lil icon was brought to you by v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0, dated 2026-09-17. slash gen, periodt, bye bestie 🌈🎀🦋

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