null.4: Minor wording and formatting fixes

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-05-10 12:47:06 +02:00
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.SH NAME
null, zero \- data sink
.SH DESCRIPTION
Data written to a
.BR null
or
.B zero
special file is discarded.
Data written to the
.IR /dev/null
and
.IR /dev/zero
special files is discarded.
.PP
Reads from the
.B null
special file always return end of file (i.e.,
Reads from
.IR /dev/null
always return end of file (i.e.,
.BR read (2)
returns 0), whereas
reads from
.B zero
returns 0), whereas reads from
.IR /dev/zero
always return bytes containing zero (\(aq\e0\(aq characters).
.LP
.B null
and
.B zero
are typically created by:
These devices are typically created by:
.RS
.sp
mknod \-m 666 /dev/null c 1 3