more unix jokes - /dev/null

[Maarten Litmaath]

If one wants to run a command with output getting discarded, the obvious
solution is:

	command > /dev/null

But what would you do if you happened to have no such device? :-)
Is the intended still possible?

Yes! (Better use the Bourne shell.)


	command 1< /etc/passwd 2<&1

:-)
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