`mktemp` - create a temporary file or directory safely

mktemp [-d] [-t] [TEMPLATE]

Options you will use

-d, --directory: Create a directory instead of a file.
-t: Interpret the template relative to $TMPDIR.

Examples

$ tmp=$(mktemp -d); trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT

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