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/dev/null

special computer file that discards all writes
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Facts

3 properties
Instance of
zero-byte file
Different from
/dev/zero, null[3][4]
Official name
/dev/null[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en /dev/null en NUL en null device en \Device\Null ar جهاز الصفر ar جهاز العدم (يونكس) de Nulldevice fa افزاره هیچ id perangkat null ja nullデバイス ko 널 장치 vi Thiết bị rỗng
🔖 Identifiers · 3
FOLDOC ID
/dev/null
Freebase ID
/m/01sdz1
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
16376684

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🔗 Connections
Different from 2
null, /dev/zero
← Different from 2
null, /dev/zero
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Summary

/dev/null is a zero-byte file[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). /dev/null. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dev-null
MLA “/dev/null.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dev-null.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dev-null_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{/dev/null}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dev-null}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}}
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