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NAME
null — the null device
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
SEE ALSO
zero(4)
HISTORY
A null device appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.