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• mktemp

mktemp reference

$ mktemp
/tmp/tmp.rBNuGr7Glt

$ mktemp -d
#         └─ --directory, create temporary directory
/tmp/tmp.e3mvea6YBv

$ mktemp yeonghoey.XXX
#                    └─ at least 3 trailing Xs
yeonghoey.vnM

$ mktemp yeonghoey.XXXXXXXX
yeonghoey.CvSbQIKV

$ mktemp --tmpdir yeonghoey.XXX
#            └─ put '/tmp' (or use $TEMPDIR)
/tmp/yeonghoey.wN5

$ mktemp -p ~ yeonghoey.XXX
#        └─ specify base directory
/home/ubuntu/yeonghoey.qRA