mktemp

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Overview

Mktemp makes a temporary file (or directory)

Synopsis:

mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

Create  a  temporary  file or directory, safely, and print its name.  TEMPLATE must contain at least 3 consecutive 'X's in last component.  If TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX, and --tmpdir is implied.  Files are
created u+rw, and directories u+rwx, minus umask restrictions.

-d, --directory
       create a directory, not a file

-u, --dry-run
       do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)

-q, --quiet
       suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure

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

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