oops.. /dev/null overwrote

[Space Between]

ok i overwrote the /dev/null file
it was listed as a character file or device file before???not sure but assuming that.

now if i do something like bash myscrtip > /dev/null
it actually outputs the contents to the /dev/null file
instead of nulling it

any clue on how i could recreate that \"special\" file /dev/null

?

[Josetann]

Try \"mknod /dev/null c 1 3\"

Then do a \"chmod 777 /dev/null\" so anyone can write to it.