null(7)null(7)NAMEnull - Data sink
DESCRIPTION
Data written on a null special file are discarded.
Reads from a null special file always return 0 (zero) bytes.
EXAMPLES
To read a floppy disk and display the total number of records read in
and output to /dev/null using the dd command:
dd if=/dev/disk/floppy0 of=/dev/null
To create a zero length file using the cat command:
cat > foo < /dev/null
FILES
/dev/null
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