On 2/13/15 12:19 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > I was expecting bash to handle SIGPIPE specially here, > as in this context it's informational rather than an indication of error.
I don't agree. It's a fatal signal whose default disposition is to terminate a process, which is exactly what happens in your example. You might consider trapping or ignoring SIGPIPE in situations where it might be an issue. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/