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.TH MKTEMP "1" "October 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.12" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mktemp \- create a temporary file or directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mktemp
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,TEMPLATE\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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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 \fB\-\-tmpdir\fR is implied.
Files are created u+rw, and directories u+rwx, minus umask restrictions.
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mktemp-d'\fB\-d, \-\-directory\fP\X'tty: link'
create a directory, not a file
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mktemp-u'\fB\-u, \-\-dry\-run\fP\X'tty: link'
do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mktemp-q'\fB\-q, \-\-quiet\fP\X'tty: link'
suppress diagnostics about file/dir\-creation failure
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mktemp--suffix'\fB\-\-suffix=SUFF\fP\X'tty: link'
append SUFF to TEMPLATE; SUFF must not contain a slash.
This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end in X
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mktemp-p'\fB\-p DIR, \-\-tmpdir[=\,DIR]\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR;
if DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else \fI\,/tmp\/\fP.
With this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name;
unlike with \fB\-t\fR, TEMPLATE may contain slashes,
but mktemp creates only the final component
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mktemp-t'\fB\-t\fP\X'tty: link'
interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component,
relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set;
else the directory specified via \fB\-p\fR; else \fI\,/tmp\/\fP [deprecated]
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp#mktemp--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp#mktemp--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBmkstemp\fP(3), \fBmkdtemp\fP(3), \fBmktemp\fP(3)
.PP
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mktemp>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) mktemp invocation\(aq
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Packaged by Debian (9.12\-0.1)
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Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.