/dev/null

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A device file, present in Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, that…

   A device file, present in Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, that discards all data written to it and yields no output, always being as an empty file when read.

   • It's possible to suppress the compiler's warnings by redirecting standard error to /dev/null.
   • To avoid problems when running the script, the output of man man was sent to /dev/null instead of sending it to a real terminal. This has the effect of discarding the already formatted text of the retrieved page.
2. 2

   Nowhere

   Nowhere; often suggests an intent to ignore specific correspondence.

   • Thoughtful discussion and criticism is welcomed, but please send all flames to dev null.
   • suddenly the RLP calls form atlanta apparently go to dev null.
   • The email will explicitly state that you cannot reply to the email, it will go to dev null.

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