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                      3: null                      Device Driver                      null
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                      8: The ``bit bucket''
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                     11: All data  written to  the special  file /dev/null is  thrown away
                     12: (sent to  the ``bit bucket'').   This is useful,  for example, to
                     13: test a program's side effects while ignoring its output.
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                     15: A read  from file  /dev/null returns end  of file (zero  bytes of
                     16: data).   The  shell  sh uses  /dev/null  as  input to  background
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                     19: ***** Files *****
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                     21: /dev/null
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                     23: ***** See Also *****
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                     25: device drivers, sh
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