/dev/null is known as the null device in UNIX-like operating systems, which discards any data written to it. Anything redirected to /dev/null is effectively gone, as this device does not save any data and does not allow for the retrieval of any data written to it.
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What is /dev/null used for in Unix-like operating systems?
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