My knowledge about useful/funny /dev files grows by the day...
I now know of: random & urandom, null, zero and now full...
Bouta make an infinity gauntlet meme of them
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2023
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Wait until you learn about the shell specific /dev "files" like /dev/udp and /dev/tcp (which can send/recv IP traffic as if from a file)!
=-O I just learned something while learning something!
THE BURNING IN MY FACE BUCKET! WHAT IS THIS!?
:-D That's AMAZING! I never knew that either! Thank you!
DO IT, DO IT
Can I get /dev/full as a service? I'm already paying a premium subscription for /dev/null as a service
Maybe I can finally get my pull merged for /dev/grohl which just outputs random Foo Fighters lyrics.
I learned something new. Thanks.
I NEVER knew this! That's awesome! Thank you! :-D
The bottom of that Wikipedia page has a reference to something else that sounded interesting called “/dev/mordor” in some Plan 9 OS fork called 9front. Sent me down a really interesting rabbit hole http://9front.org/
9front is a great rabbit hole. Plus, Plan9's mascot is Glenda, the rabbit.
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