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null(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual 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 device and discard all the data using the dd command: dd
if=/dev/rz1c of=/dev/null
To create a zero length file using the cat command: cat > foo <
/dev/null
FILES
/dev/null delim off
null(7)