null — the null device

Contents

Description

       The  null  device  accepts  and  reads data as any ordinary (and willing) file - but throws it away.  The
       length of the null device is always zero.

Files

/dev/null

History

       A null device appeared in Version 4 AT&T UNIX.

Debian                                           August 30, 2019                                         NULL(4)

Name

       null — the null device

See Also

full(4), zero(4)

See Also

Man Pages

Man Pages

Zero

Filing

Face Holding Back Tears

MCP

Webui-for-chatgpt-privacy-focused

Man Pages

HTTP::Throwable::Factory

Files

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