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/dev/null
(foldoc) | /dev/null
The Unix software device that discards any
data written to it and supplies zero bytes of data when read.
/dev/null is occasionally useful in situations where a file is
required but no relevant file exists.
For example, if a program produced lots of output for debugging
purposes but that output was not required when the program was
deployed in a production environment and writing it to a file
would waste disk space then the output could be written to
/dev/null.
The term is used for a notional "black hole" in any information
space. For example, a message, might end, "Kudos to
rasputin@kremlin.org, flames to /dev/null".
See bit bucket.
[Jargon File]
(2015-01-28)
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/dev/null
(jargon) | /dev/null
/dev·nuhl/, n.
[from the Unix null device, used as a data sink] A notional ‘black hole’ in
any information space being discussed, used, or referred to. A
controversial posting, for example, might end “Kudos to
rasputin@kremlin.org, flames to /dev/null”. See bit bucket.
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