Removing created temp files in unexpected bash exit

Question

I am creating temporary files from a bash script. I am deleting them at the end of the processing, but since the script is running for quite a long time, if I kill it or simply

Answer 1

You don't have to bother removing those tmp files created with mktemp. They will be deleted anyway later.

Use mktemp if you can as it generates more unique files then '$$' prefix. And it looks like more cross platform way to create temp files then explicitly put them into /tmp.