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/dev/zero

/dev/zero is a special file in Unix-likeoperating systems that provides as many null characters (ASCII NUL, 0x00) as are read from it. One of the typical uses is to provide a character stream for initializing data storage.
Topic summary

/dev/zero is a special file in Unix-likeoperating systems that provides as many null characters (ASCII NUL, 0x00) as are read from it. One of the typical uses is to provide a character stream for initializing data storage.