MKTEMP(1)

💅 MKTEMP(1) 💅

okay so welcome to the mktemp(1) page, straight from the General Commands Manual — she’s the one who makes temporary files and directories, and we’re gonna read the whole thing together, no skips, periodt ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

• mktemp — creates a temporary file or directory. that’s the name and the whole assignment bestie 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so mktemp creates a temporary file or directory. literally that’s the description, and honestly? iconic. 🦋

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -d, --directory — makes a directory instead of a file. slay 🎀
• -u, --dry-run — does not create anything; it merely prints a name. this one is unsafe, so keep that in mind bestie 😭
• -q, --quiet — fails silently if an error occurs. no yelling, just quiet failure energy.
• --suffix <SUFFIX> — appends SUFFIX to TEMPLATE. SUFFIX must not contain a path separator. this option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end with X.
• -p <DIR> — short form of --tmpdir. cute lil abbreviation 🫶
• --tmpdir[=<DIR>] — interprets TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR ($TMP on windows) 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. very specific, very demure ✨
• -t — generates a template (using the supplied prefix and TMPDIR (TMP on windows) if set) to create a filename template. [deprecated] — she’s old-school, okay? 💀
• -h, --help — prints help. the classic.
• -V, --version — prints version. another classic.
• [template]

🏆 VERSION 🏆

version check bestie: v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0 🎀

mwah 💖 stay temporary, stay iconic — source/version: v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0, date: 2026-09-17 🌈