tldr/pages/common/mktemp.md

# mktemp

> Create a temporary file or directory.
> More information: <https://ss64.com/osx/mktemp.html>.

- Create an empty temporary file and print the absolute path to it:

`mktemp`

- Create an empty temporary file with a given suffix and print the absolute path to file:

`mktemp --suffix "{{.ext}}"`

- Create a temporary directory and print the absolute path to it:

`mktemp -d`