LXer: Q&A trip to Linux's Black Hole - /dev/null
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5P9RW)
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As per NASA, A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out". Something similar exists in the Linux universe as well - it discards anything written to it and when read, just returns an EOF (end-of-file). It's a special file which is also referred to as null device - /dev/null
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As per NASA, A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out". Something similar exists in the Linux universe as well - it discards anything written to it and when read, just returns an EOF (end-of-file). It's a special file which is also referred to as null device - /dev/null
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