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)
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