null(4freebsd)

null4freebsd

The null device

Overview

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

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11–13

History

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

From freebsd-manpages 12.2-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.