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 null(FP)                       6 January 1993                       null(FP)


 Name

    null - the null file

 Description

    Data written on a null special file is discarded.

    Reads from a null special file always return 0 bytes.

 Files

    /dev/null

 Standards conformance

    null is conformant with:
    AT&T SVID Issue 2;
    and X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 3, 1989.