ZERO(4)

✨ NAME ✨

zero — the zero device 💖

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay bestie, so the zero device is literally the chillest file in /dev. It accepts and reads data just like any ordinary (and willing) file, no cap. But here's the tea: it throws away any data written to it, like it's not even emotionally available. And when you read from it? It returns an endless supply of null bytes. Endless. Periodt. 💅

Not me writing my whole heart into /dev/zero just for it to ghost me. 🙈

🦋 FILES 🦋

• /dev/zero — the icon itself, the main character 👑

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• full(4)
• null(4)

iykyk, go read those too. They're the besties in the same friend group. 🫶

💜 HISTORY 💜

A zero device appeared in 4.4BSD. Fr fr, it's been serving null bytes since way back. 🧚

Debian · April 7, 1996 · ZERO(4) — mwah, that's the whole page, bestie. Now go read some zeros. 😭💖