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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)null.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 5, 1993
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.Dt NULL 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm null
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.Nd the null device
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing)
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file \-
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but throws it away. The length of the
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.Nm null
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device is always zero.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /dev/null
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.It Pa /dev/null
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr zero 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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device appeared in
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.At v7 .
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