pathchk(1)

okay so welcome to the pathchk(1) page from the General Commands Manual, bestie! 🫶 This is the uutils coreutils glow-up, and we're gonna get you fluent in checking file names for validity and portability. no cap. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pathchk — check whether file names are valid or portable. That's the whole main character job, and honestly? iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pathchk [-p ] [-P ] [--portability] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [path]

That's the whole shape of it, bestie. Slay. 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so pathchk checks whether file names are valid or portable. That's literally it, bestie. She's doing a vibe check on your filenames so you know if they're valid or portable. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -p — check for most POSIX systems. (most, not all — the next one is the all-systems girl)
• -P — check for empty names and leading "-". (yes, the leading dash gets its own check 💅)
• --portability — check for all POSIX systems (equivalent to -p -P). So it's both checks together, periodt.
• -h, --help — Print help. Your girl will tell you how to use her.
• -V, --version — Print version. You know, for the receipts.

🌈 VERSION 🌈

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this came from pathchk (uutils coreutils) 0.7.0, manual page pathchk(1). stay valid, stay portable, and don't let a bad filename catch you slipping. mwah 💖