null-stream.nu as stdlib-candidate (#649)

This is a way to redirect to a null stream with the same syntax regardless of platform.
nushell · Oct 23, 2023 · 2fa5caa · 2fa5caa
1 parent 7b2856d
commit 2fa5caa
Showing 1 changed file with 10 additions and 0 deletions.
diff --git a/stdlib-candidate/null-stream.nu b/stdlib-candidate/null-stream.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Examples
+#     redirect to the null stream
+#     > echo foo out> (null-stream)
+def null-stream []: nothing -> string {
+    if $nu.os-info.name  == "windows" {
+        "NUL:"
+    } else {
+        "/dev/null"
+    }
+}