tldr/pages/common/mktemp.md

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mktemp

Create a temporary file or directory. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/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 (non-portable long option: --directory):

mktemp -d