#Name

zero - data sink

#Description

/dev/zero is a character device file which discards input.

Reading from /dev/zero returns '\0' bytes and exits with status 0.

#Files

• /dev/zero

#Examples

$ head -c 8 /dev/zero | hexdump
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

#See also

• null(4)
• full(4)