Mktemp
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What is Mktemp?

Mktemp is a small program to allow safe temporary file creation from shell scripts.

The current release is version 1.8, released on March 4, 2024.

Mktemp is free software, distributed under an ISC-style license.

Mktemp was written by Todd C. Miller.

A different, but compatible, implementation of mktemp is available as part of GNU coreutils.