Linux mktemp Command

What is Linux mktemp Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use mktemp command in Linux. mktemp command is mktemp - create a temporary file or directory.

mktemp Syntax#

mktemp [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]

mktemp Examples#

mktemp Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of mktemp command. mktemp command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for mktemp command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man mktemp

To open info page for mktemp command we can use command below.

info mktemp

To open help page from mktemp command we can run command below.

mktemp --help

Linux mktemp Command Source Code#

You can find mktemp command source code from the folowing repositories:

• mktemp source code on GitHub
• mktemp source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• mktemp source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use mktemp in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.