mktemp

Create a temporary file or directory.

• 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 --directory

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