mktemp

alllinuxmacos

Create a temporary file or directory.

Examples (5)

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/temporary_directory

Use a custom path template (`X`s 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