From d152af13abb51da276b6e4603aa4ec3764d560e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: willtyler <will.tyler11@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:03:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow write to /dev/null

---
 vcztools/cli.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vcztools/cli.py b/vcztools/cli.py
index cfd1322..693a6c4 100644
--- a/vcztools/cli.py
+++ b/vcztools/cli.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def view(
     include,
     exclude,
 ):
-    if output and not output.endswith(".vcf"):
+    if output and not output.endswith(".vcf") and output != "/dev/null":
         split = output.split(".")
         raise ValueError(f"Output file extension must be .vcf, got: .{split[-1]}")