mktemp

Options

--directory, -d

mktemp-help-directory

--dry-run, -u

mktemp-help-dry-run

--quiet, -q

mktemp-help-quiet

--suffix=<SUFFIX>

mktemp-help-suffix

-p <DIR>

mktemp-help-p

--tmpdir=<DIR>

mktemp-help-tmpdir

-t

mktemp-help-t

Examples

Create an empty temporary file and print its absolute path:

mktemp

Use a custom directory if $TMPDIR is not set (the default is platform-dependent, but usually /tmp):

mktemp -p {{/path/to/tempdir}}

Use a custom path template (Xs are replaced with random alphanumeric characters):

mktemp {{/tmp/example.XXXXXXXX}}

Use a custom file name template:

mktemp -t {{example.XXXXXXXX}}

Create an empty temporary directory and print its absolute path:

mktemp -d

The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project under the CC BY 4.0 License.

Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.