1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
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"));