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Creating an arbitrarily large “fake” file

I would like to create a special file similar to /dev/null or /dev/random, where the file doesn't actually exist but you can read from it all the same, except that I could actually set a cap on the ...
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Monitor what is being sent to /dev/null?

Just for fun: Is there a way to monitor/capture/dump whatever is being written to /dev/null? On Debian, or FreeBSD, if it matters, any other OS specific solutions are also welcome.