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31.Dd June 5, 1993
32.Dt NULL 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm null
36.Nd the null device
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing)
41file -
42but throws it away.
43The length of the
44.Nm
45device is always zero.
46.Sh FILES
47.Bl -tag -width /dev/null
48.It Pa /dev/null
49.El
50.Sh SEE ALSO
51.Xr zero 4
52.Sh HISTORY
53A
54.Nm
55device appeared in
56.At v7 .
57