mktemp
Create a temporary file or directory.
Note that examples here all assume $TMPDIR is unset.
More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/mktemp.html.
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Create an empty temporary file in
/tmp/and print its absolute path:
mktemp -
Create a temporary directory in
/tmp/and print its absolute path:
mktemp --directory -
Create an empty temporary file at the specified path, with
Xs replaced with random alphanumeric characters, and print its path:
mktemp "{{path/to/file_XXXXX_name}}" -
Create an empty temporary file in
/tmp/with the specified name, withXs replaced with random alphanumeric characters, and print its path:
mktemp -t "{{file_XXXXX_name}}"
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