null(7) null(7) NAME null - 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 null(7)[top]
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