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minus-squareSaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoMy 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
minus-squareLambda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoWait 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)!
minus-squarepinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThank you very much for this info. I don’t know if I’ll ever have a need for it but it certainly sounds very useful.
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
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)!
I am deeply intrigued
Thank you very much for this info. I don’t know if I’ll ever have a need for it but it certainly sounds very useful.
DO IT, DO IT