cat called inside a ksh script occasionally returns a "Connection reset by peer" error

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • cat called inside a ksh script occasionally returns a "Connection reset by peer" error
  • The script to reproduce this:

#!/bin/ksh
set -e

find / -print 2>&1 | cat | head -1

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • ksh
  • kernel

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