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NULL(4)		       FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual		       NULL(4)

NAME
     null -- the null device

DESCRIPTION
     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.

FILES
     /dev/null

SEE ALSO
     zero(4)

HISTORY
     A null device appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

FreeBSD	11.1			 June 5, 1993			  FreeBSD 11.1

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