mktemp(1)

✨ NAME ✨

mktemp — bestie, it creates a temporary file or directory for you 💖 (manual section 1, General Commands Manual, in case you were wondering which mktemp you're talking to)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mktemp [-d|--directory] [-u|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet] [--suffix] [-p ]
[--tmpdir] [-t ] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [template]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so. Create a temporary file or directory. That's the whole gig. It's giving "I just need somewhere safe to put this for a sec" and honestly? Iconic. 💅

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -d, --directory — make a directory instead of a file. Same energy, but it's a lil folder now 📁
• -u, --dry-run — do not create anything; merely print a name. > ⚠️ This one is unsafe, no cap — it hands you a name and creates nothing, so like, someone else could totally snatch it. Read the label bestie 🔥
• -q, --quiet — fail silently if an error occurs. No drama, no message, just vibes 🫶
• --suffix <SUFFIX> — append SUFFIX to TEMPLATE; SUFFIX must not contain a path separator. And heads up: this option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end with X ✨
• -p <DIR> — short form of --tmpdir. That's it, that's the whole bullet 💜
• --tmpdir[=<DIR>] — interpret 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 👑
• -t — generate a template (using the supplied prefix and TMPDIR (TMP on windows) if set) to create a filename template. > 🚨 Marked [deprecated], so like... it still works, but it's giving "we don't do that anymore" 😭
• -h, --help — print help 🧚
• -V, --version — print version ⭐
• [template] — yeah, it's the template. Listed right here with the options, periodt 🌈

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💫 VERSION 💫

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💖 This lil masterpiece is from mktemp (uutils coreutils) 0.7.0 — yes, the uutils coreutils 0.7.0 era, and no, I will not stop talking about it. Go make some temp files, bestie, you got this 🎀🦋🌸