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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)
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                             _         _         _ 
                            | |       | |       | |     
                            | |       | |       | |     
                         __ | | __ __ | | __ __ | | __  
                         \ \| |/ / \ \| |/ / \ \| |/ /  
                          \ \ / /   \ \ / /   \ \ / /   
                           \   /     \   /     \   /    
                            \_/       \_/       \_/ 
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