1MKTEMP(1)                        User Commands                       MKTEMP(1)
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NAME

6       mktemp - create a temporary file or directory
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SYNOPSIS

9       mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name.  TEM‐
13       PLATE must contain at least 3 consecutive 'X's in last  component.   If
14       TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX, and --tmpdir is implied.
15       Files are created u+rw, and directories  u+rwx,  minus  umask  restric‐
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18       -d, --directory
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21       -u, --dry-run
22              do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
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24       -q, --quiet
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27       --suffix=SUFF
28              append  SUFF  to  TEMPLATE; SUFF must not contain a slash.  This
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31       -p DIR, --tmpdir[=DIR]
32              interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use
33              $TMPDIR  if set, else /tmp.  With this option, TEMPLATE must not
34              be an absolute  name;  unlike  with  -t,  TEMPLATE  may  contain
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37       -t     interpret  TEMPLATE as a single file name component, relative to
38              a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the directory  specified  via
39              -p; else /tmp [deprecated]
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41       --help display this help and exit
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43       --version
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AUTHOR

47       Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.
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REPORTING BUGS

50       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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54       Copyright  ©  2020  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
55       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
56       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
57       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

60       mkstemp(3), mkdtemp(3), mktemp(3)
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62       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp>
63       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mktemp invocation'
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67GNU coreutils 8.32                 June 2021                         MKTEMP(1)
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