2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3798a5f9..df252b1e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-10-31         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* builtin.c (efwrite): If write error to stdout is EPIPE,
+	die silently.  Thanks to Hermann Peifer for helping find this.
+
 2013-10-22         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 	Revise error messages when writing to standard output or standard
diff --git a/builtin.c b/builtin.c
index 9258ea60..bb7050b0 100644
--- a/builtin.c
+++ b/builtin.c
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ efwrite(const void *ptr,
 	return;
 
 wrerror:
+	/* die silently on EPIPE to stdout */
+	if (fp == stdout && errno == EPIPE)
+		gawk_exit(EXIT_FATAL);
+
+	/* otherwise die verbosely */
 	fatal(_("%s to \"%s\" failed (%s)"), from,
 		rp ? rp->value : _("standard output"),
 		errno ? strerror(errno) : _("reason unknown"));