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MKTEMP(1)			  User Commands 		       MKTEMP(1)

NAME
     mktemp - create a temporary file or directory

SYNOPSIS
     mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

DESCRIPTION
     Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name.	TEMPLATE
     must contain at least 3 consecutive 'X's in last component.  If TEMPLATE is
     not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX, and --tmpdir is implied.  Files are cre-
     ated u+rw, and directories u+rwx, minus umask restrictions.

     -d, --directory
	    create a directory, not a file

     -u, --dry-run
	    do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)

     -q, --quiet
	    suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure

     --suffix=SUFF
	    append SUFF to TEMPLATE; SUFF must not contain a slash.  This option
	    is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X

     -p DIR, --tmpdir[=DIR]
	    interpret  TEMPLATE  relative  to  DIR; if DIR is not specified, use
	    $TMPDIR 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     interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component,  relative  to  a
	    directory:	$TMPDIR,  if  set;  else the directory specified via -p;
	    else /tmp [deprecated]

     --help
	    display this help and exit

     --version
	    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
     Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	License GPLv3+: GNU  GPL
     version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There
     is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     mkstemp(3), mkdtemp(3), mktemp(3)

     Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp>
     or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mktemp invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.9		  November 2025 		       MKTEMP(1)

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