From: Mark Bush <mark@...>
Date: 2008-03-14T17:51:03+09:00
Subject: Re: script runs ok alone, broken pipe when piped to head?

Dave Burns wrote:
> So to get my script to act like a responsible command line citizen,
> I'd need to insert some error handling and return normally when the
> pipe breaks, right?

Since your script is, basically, in the business of doing IO, then yes, 
it is probably worth catching IO exceptions and exiting cleanly.

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