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Re: ls: write error: Broken pipe


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: ls: write error: Broken pipe
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:24:50 -0700
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Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> writes:

> ls: write error: Broken pipe

Most likely you are trapping the PIPE signal.  For example:

524-penguin $ ls -lR | head -1
.:
525-penguin $ trap '' PIPE
526-penguin $ ls -lR | head -1
.:
ls: write error: Broken pipe
527-penguin $

This is on Debian stable, but Fedora should be similar.




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