write errors on the outputs: warn diagnose errors writing to any output warn-nopipe diagnose errors writing to any output not a pipe exit exit on error writing to any output exit-nopipe exit on error writing to any output not a pipe The default MODE for the -p option is 'warn-nopipe'. With "nopipe" MODEs, exit immediately if all outputs become broken pipes. The default operation when --output-error is not specified, is to exit immediately on error writing to a pipe, and diagnose errors writing to non pipe outputs.