---
name: "uu-mktemp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "uutils-coreutils"
version: "0.12.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uu-mktemp"
---

# uu-mktemp(1)

Create a temporary file or directory.

## NAME

mktemp - Create a temporary file or directory.

## SYNOPSIS

**mktemp** \[OPTION\]... \[TEMPLATE\]

## DESCRIPTION

Create a temporary file or directory.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**, **--directory**

  Make a directory instead of a file

- **-u**, **--dry-run**

  do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Fail silently if an error occurs.

- **--suffix** *\<SUFFIX\>*

  append SUFFIX to TEMPLATE; SUFFIX must not contain a path separator. This option is implied if TEMPLATE does not end with X.

- **-p** *\<DIR\>*

  short form of --tmpdir

- **--tmpdir**\[=*\<DIR\>*\]

  interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not specified, use $TMPDIR ($TMP on windows) 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**

  Generate a template (using the supplied prefix and TMPDIR (TMP on windows) if set) to create a filename template \[deprecated\]

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

- \[*template*\]

  ## VERSION

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0