Linux "mktemp" Command Line Options and Examples

make a unique temporary filename

Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name. TEMPLATE must contain at least 3 consecutive 'X's in last compo‐ nent. If TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.

Usage:

mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

Command Line Options:

-d

create a directory, not a file


                            mktemp -d ...

-u

do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)


                            mktemp -u ...

-q

suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure


                            mktemp -q ...

--suffix

append SUFF to TEMPLATE; SUFF must not contain a slash. This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X


                            mktemp --suffix ...

-p

interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else /tmp. With this option, TEMPLATE mustnot be an absolute name; unlike with -t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but mktemp creates only the final component


                            mktemp -p ...

-t

interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component, relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the directory specified via


                            mktemp -t ...

-p;

else /tmp [deprecated]


                            mktemp -p; ...

--help

display this help and exit


                            mktemp --help ...

--version

output version information and exitAUTHORWritten by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report mktemp translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


                            mktemp --version ...