tldr/pages/osx/mktemp.md

mktemp

Create a temporary file or directory. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mktemp.1.html.

• Create an empty temporary file and print its absolute path:

mktemp

• Use a custom directory (defaults to the output of getconf DARWIN_USER_TEMP_DIR, or /tmp):

mktemp --tmpdir /{{path/to/temporary_directory}}

• Use a custom path template (Xs are replaced with random alphanumeric characters):

mktemp {{/tmp/example.XXXXXXXX}}

• Use a custom file name prefix:

mktemp -t {{example}}

• Create an empty temporary directory and print its absolute path:

mktemp --directory