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mktemp

The mktemp binary located in "usr/bin/mktemp" can generate unique directory or file names and has historically been used to generate unique payloads.

Path
/usr/bin/mktemp
Author
Tim Peck (@B0bby_Tablez)
Created
2023-06-28

Example Use Cases 2

Generate payload directory (Shlayer) #

The following command can be used to generate a random directory name for staging payloads

export tmpDir="$(mktemp -d /tmp/XXXXXXXXXXXX)"

Generate directory based on template file (Bundlore) #

The following command can be used to generate a unique directory based on a template

TMP_DIR="mktemp -d -t x"

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