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NULL(4) Device Drivers Manual NULL(4)

nullthe null device

The null device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing) file — but throws it away. The length of the null device is always zero.

/dev/null
 

A null device appeared in Version 4 AT&T UNIX.

August 29, 2019 NetBSD-9.2