tldr/pages/linux/mktemp.md

mktemp

Create a temporary file or directory. Note that examples here all assume $TMPDIR is unset. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/mktemp.html.

• Create an empty temporary file in /tmp/ and print its absolute path:

mktemp

• Create a temporary directory in /tmp/ and print its absolute path:

mktemp --directory

• Create an empty temporary file at the specified path, with Xs replaced with random alphanumeric characters, and print its path:

mktemp "{{path/to/file_XXXXX_name}}"

• Create an empty temporary file in /tmp/ with the specified name, with Xs replaced with random alphanumeric characters, and print its path:

mktemp -t "{{file_XXXXX_name}}"