mktemp

Create a temporary file or directory. More information: <https://ss64.com/osx/mktemp.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/mktemp.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/mktemp
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/mktemp mktemp powered by Commando

Create a temporary file or directory. More information: <https://ss64.com/osx/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:
    mktemp -d

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