From de347a67a8ea6b2d82fcc16ebc23c23a65398bff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 12:47:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] null.4: Minor wording and formatting fixes Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man4/null.4 | 26 +++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/man4/null.4 b/man4/null.4 index 516b966c7..ad2f1c57d 100644 --- a/man4/null.4 +++ b/man4/null.4 @@ -27,25 +27,21 @@ .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