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The device entry /dev/zero behaves as if it were an infinitely long file filled with 0 bytes. As much data as you'd try to read from /dev/zero, Linux generates enough 0 bytes.
$ hexdump -v /dev/zero
$ hexdump anyfile
Cem Ozdogan
2007-04-16