tldr/pages/common/mktemp.md

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