Top "Dev-null" questions

On Unix-like systems, /dev/null is a device file that discards all data written to it but reports that the write operation succeeded.

How can I redirect all output to /dev/null?

I want to run a program (google-chrome) in the background, but prevent it from outputting any messages to the terminal. …

bash pipe output-redirect dev-null
What is the DOS equivalent of 1>/dev/null?

I want to suppress the output of my script running under DOS, similar to the following under a *nix environment: $ …

dos dev-null
Cannot pull because there are uncommitted changes using VS2015/Git

Imagine the following scenario: Manager has created a team project and decided to use (latest) git as VCS for the …

git visual-studio visual-studio-2015 dev-null
Can I get a faster output pipe than /dev/null?

I am running a huge task [automated translation scripted with perl + database etc.] to run for about 2 weeks non-stop. While …

linux performance dev-null
The "opposite" of &> /dev/null

I use the following script to compare to folders: if diff "/home/folder1/" "/home/folder2/" &> /dev/null ; then …

bash if-statement dev-null