diff --git a/stdlib-candidate/null-stream.nu b/stdlib-candidate/null-stream.nu
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+# 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"
+    }
+}