#!/bin/bash
# tempfile-name.sh: temp filename generator

BASE_STR=`mcookie` # 32-character magic cookie.
POS=11 # Arbitrary position in magic cookie string.
LEN=5 # Get $LEN consecutive characters.

prefix=temp # This is, after all, a "temp" file.
# For more "uniqueness," generate the filename prefix
#+ using the same method as the suffix, below.

suffix=${BASE_STR:POS:LEN}
# Extract a 5-character string, starting at position 11.

temp_filename=$prefix.$suffix
# Construct the filename.

echo "Temp filename = "$temp_filename""

# sh tempfile-name.sh
# Temp filename = temp.e19ea

exit 0