#!/bin/sh set -eu usage() { cat <<-'EOF' Usage: mkdtemp mkdtemp -h EOF } help() { cat <<-'EOF' Options: -h, --help show this message Create a new temporary file and echo its name back. Examples: `cd` into temporary directory: $ cd "$(mkdtemp)" EOF } for flag in "$@"; do case "$flag" in --) break ;; --help) usage help exit ;; *) ;; esac done while getopts 'h' flag; do case "$flag" in h) usage help exit ;; *) usage >&2 exit 2 ;; esac done shift $((OPTIND - 1)) name="$(tmpname)" mkdir "$name" echo "$name"